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From: Michael Cook <mackal.cook@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is it OK to get rid of app-alternatives/* ?
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 01:57:55
Message-Id: e66a6938-1671-b42d-58c5-bc593f973c1a@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Is it OK to get rid of app-alternatives/* ? by Walter Dnes
1 On 2/14/23 20:47, Walter Dnes wrote:
2 > A whole bunch of busy-work for emerge, and nothing in the news item
3 > indicates it's really necessary for the average user. Howsabout...
4 >
5 > * manually zapping with "rm -rf /var/db/repos/gentoo/app-alternatives"
6 > * and then include "app-alternatives" in the file pointed to by
7 > PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude-from=<whatever>"
8 >
9 > Am I missing something obvious that would cause problems?
10 >
11 You're missing a lot of manual busy work you would have to do
12 maintaining a package.provided since packages depend on stuff in that
13 category.

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