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On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 00:48:01 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > It's quite simple logic... If a file is modified, it is no longer the |
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> > file portage installed, so portage does not uninstall it. If |
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> > anything, the problem is that the logic used by portage is too |
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> > simple. |
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> I don't think it's too simple. It seems exactly right for the task to |
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> me: clear, predictable and easily understood. |
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The only time it failed to be that, IMO, was when a GCC update forced |
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wholesale modification of .la files, which were then left because they no |
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longer belonged to a package. I believe this no longer happens. |
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> Personally, I'd be livid if portage were to remove my carefully crafted |
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> work from time immemorial, without so much as a by-your-leave. |
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I get the impression that "livid" is the polite version ;-) |
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Neil Bothwick |
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WinErr 01B: Illegal error - You are not allowed to get this error. |
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Next time you will get a penalty for that. |
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