From: | Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o> | ||
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To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Options for "emerge" | ||
Date: | Tue, 22 Feb 2022 15:05:21 | ||
Message-Id: | b5100e8cc747583e0cf2d797bafa795c8cedd884.camel@gentoo.org | ||
In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-user] Options for "emerge" by Neil Bothwick |
1 | On Tue, 2022-02-22 at 14:26 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
2 | > |
3 | > It's not a relic, it's a fairly recent addition. It's a bit of a belt and |
4 | > braces approach which basically says "rebuild everything that might just |
5 | > possibly, maybe, in some circumstances have some sort of effect". |
6 | > |
7 | > |
8 | |
9 | It's really a (portage-only) workaround for developers who don't follow |
10 | the rules, thus ensuring that we'll never have another competing |
11 | package manager again. |