Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Digest verification failed:

[Neil Bothwick]

On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:03:05 -0500, »Q« wrote:
> > I tried a few with no joy. As it appeared to be only the 9999 ebuild
> > causing the problem, I deleted the file and removed the corresponding
> > line from the Manifest.
>
> I tried a few with no joy, too, and now I've done as you suggest.
> Thanks for that -- I'd thought portage would complain if I did that.

It complains if you add or remove files, but by removing both the file
and its reference n the Manifest, everything stays consistent. Whether
being able to do that is a convenience or a security risk is a matter of
preference, but until Manifests are signed it is doable.

> I'm one of the nuts who has USE="-*", and I've finally hit a situation
> where it causes considerable headaches;

It was only a matter of time...

>  plasma 5 requires a lot of
> per-package USE stuff, all handled in the profile thanks to careful
> work from the devs.  Instead of trying to tackle it package-by-package,
> for now I've just copied the profile's package.use to
> my /etc/portage/package-use.  I think this will be too much for me to
> maintain as plasma 5 and the profile change, so when I get some time
> I'll be ditching USE="-*" in order to rely on the profile.  My fellow
> USE="-*" loonies who will have to move to plasma 5 might want to
> consider ditching USE="-*" first.

So you're using the supplied wheels now instead of removing them and
trying to reinvent your own square ones now? ;-)


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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