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On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote: |
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> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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> <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote: |
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> >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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> >> |
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> >> <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> > On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Marco wrote: |
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> >> |
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> >> [...] |
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> >> |
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> >> > just install the qt4 set. Meta packages are being phased out. |
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> >> Not sure if I understand what you mean. I thought sets only exist for |
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> >> world and system? |
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> >> > Or unmask the meta package. /etc/portage/package.unmask. |
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> >> That's what I want to avoid since apparently this meta package gets |
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> >> removed in the future. |
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> >> |
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> >> -- |
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> >> Regards, |
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> >> Marco |
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> > |
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> > so what? it really does not matter if it is there or not. And no - with |
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> > 2.2* portage there are many more sets than just world and system. You can |
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> > even easily create your own. |
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> Well, I try to avoid installing such packages to not have migration |
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> issues later. |
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you won't. The meta package is just a wrapper around splits. If it goes away - |
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so what? the splits still remain and are still updated. Only depclean might |
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screw you - in that case just install them via set. |
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> And, yes, portage 2.2* apparently supports many more sets, but portage |
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> 2.2* is still masked and I don't know if there is a potental risk to |
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> use it already. |
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and as long as portage 2.2 is masked, metas will stay around ;) |
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