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Hi Vaeth, |
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on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 01:34:31AM +0200, you wrote: |
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> The problem is that after failing of a package, portage does |
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> not recalculate the dependencies, i.e. it will attempt to install also |
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> those packages which depend on the failed package. |
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OIC, so that was what I missed :) Somehow the thread got split up and I |
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missed your answer. |
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> In the presence of a --keep-going option, it is now fortunately not |
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> necessary anymore to weight the pros and cons. Of course, to insult |
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> somebody just because he weighted the pros and cons differently is beyond |
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> any acceptable limit. |
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++ |
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I'd say "reimplement it properly" (i.e. check the deps) is always the |
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better approach than "the old implementation is b0rken so let's declare |
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the functionality so and not reimplement it at all". |
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cheers, |
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Matthias |
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