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On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 16:28 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> > Perhaps the constant nagging from the timezone-data package |
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> > when it's emerged |
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> When it's emerged as part of an update with 30 or 40 other |
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> packages, it's pretty easy to miss things like that. |
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This has long been a complaint among users of portage,including myself. |
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The portage devs have done work to alleviate most of these problems with |
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the ELOG system. I really recommend taking advantage of it. With it I |
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have portage info and warnings emailed to me and I have to say it has |
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really helped me become aware of what is changing on my system. |
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> > as well as the system when it's booted |
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> My computers are generally only booted as a result of a power |
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> failure, and I'm not usually there to watch them boot. |
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> > isn't enough? |
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> Apparently not, if so many people had problems with it. |
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I agree with you that the Handbook needs to be updated, but in general |
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it's always best to pay attention to what the system is telling you. |
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The portage tree is always going to be updated faster than the Handbook |
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and four years of experience has shown me that the Handbooks is always |
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at least a little behind reality. I think the authors work hard, but |
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they're always going to be chasing a moving target. |
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Also, people who do not frequently do installs are less likely to read |
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the Handbook so it's best to let "real life" supersede what's written in |
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the Handbook. |
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Albert W. Hopkins |
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