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On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 21:29:30 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > Taken more globally, maybe portage should warn whenever you are |
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> > trying to remove a package that is a dependency of anything in |
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> > @world. |
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> Could be useful if implemented with an off switch |
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> Or leave it off by default, users can enable it in make.conf if they |
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> wish. I often unmerge deps of things in world, but I know (usually) |
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> what I'm doing and will follow up with a --deep later. Annoying "Are |
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> you sure?" "Are you REALLY sure?" might make me switch to Ubuntu :-) |
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A command line argument (--force?) would be fine, but you can't complain |
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it's annoying when you have just complained that portage doesn't do this. |
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Either you want to be able to shoot yourself in the foot or you don't. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Cross-country skiing is great in small countries. |
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