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From: Wol <antlists@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is it OK to get rid of app-alternatives/* ?
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 19:20:42
Message-Id: d2b73a57-4ed2-111a-72a6-2255f6bf7222@youngman.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Is it OK to get rid of app-alternatives/* ? by Daniel Frey
1 On 15/02/2023 15:51, Daniel Frey wrote:
2 > On 2/15/23 06:10, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
3 >> On 2023-02-15 08:11:46, Neil Bothwick wrote:
4 >>>
5 >>> If, as you say, it will eventually replace eselect, there is no more
6 >>> bloat, just different bloat. It's still just a bunch of symlinks, but
7 >>> managed differently.
8 >>>
9 >>
10 >> Should be less, since you already have portage installed but not
11 >> necessarily eselect-whatever.
12 >>
13 >
14 > I didn't even know eselect-whatever was even an option until this
15 > post... It's not something I've ever used.
16 >
17 > It does (at least to me) make sense for the package manager to enforce
18 > these selections rather than some optional tool though.
19 >
20 what are they going to do about "eselect kernel set ..." then?
21
22 It's bad enough depclean deleting the active kernel if you don't watch
23 out, without something deciding to install a non-existent kernel and
24 deleting the live one :-)
25
26 Cheers,
27 Wol

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Re: [gentoo-user] Is it OK to get rid of app-alternatives/* ? "Arsen Arsenović" <arsen@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-user] Is it OK to get rid of app-alternatives/* ? Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>