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From: David Rosenbaum <rosenbaumd181@×××××.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 01:54:31
Message-Id: CAL+8heOgYx7BPzKcvhvGSCTT_+dzSVuH06BoZRvdeu7Y2-vzhQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Is it OK to get rid of app-alternatives/* ? by Walter Dnes
1 Dave
2
3 On Tue, Feb 14, 2023, 20:47 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
4
5 > A whole bunch of busy-work for emerge, and nothing in the news item
6 > indicates it's really necessary for the average user. Howsabout...
7 >
8 > * manually zapping with "rm -rf /var/db/repos/gentoo/app-alternatives"
9 > * and then include "app-alternatives" in the file pointed to by
10 > PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude-from=<whatever>"
11 >
12 > Am I missing something obvious that would cause problems?
13 >
14 > --
15 > I've seen things, you people wouldn't believe; Gopher, Netscape with
16 > frames, the first Browser Wars. Searching for pages with AltaVista,
17 > pop-up windows self-replicating, trying to uninstall RealPlayer. All
18 > those moments, will be lost in time like tears in rain... time to die.
19 >
20 >