From: Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] 2005.1 profile gives devfs as virtual
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 08:39:32 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200509060839.34718.jstubbs@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050905160655.GD7660@sympatico.ca>
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On Tuesday 06 September 2005 01:06, Philip Webb wrote:
> 050905 Jason Stubbs wrote:
> > it's possible that unmerging slotted packages of the one key
> > may break your system. How's about not warning
> > if there's more than one installed cat/pkg (rather than cat/pkg-ver)
> > satisfying the profile atom that is being triggered?
>
> -- patch snipped --
>
> I'ld say that the behaviour should be left alone
> pending a larger rewrite of Portage's handling of this kind of thing.
> Meanwhile, simply amend the warning to read in red letters eg
Why?
> "WARNING : removing this package may break your system !!
> Have you checked that you have a proper alternative installed ??
> If you are not certain what you are doing, please STOP NOW !!
>
> Do you want to proceed (NO/yes) ? "
No.
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Jason Stubbs
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-04 14:11 [gentoo-dev] 2005.1 profile gives devfs as virtual Philip Webb
2005-09-04 14:20 ` Stephen P. Becker
2005-09-04 14:22 ` Sebastian Bergmann
2005-09-04 17:36 ` Philip Webb
2005-09-04 17:55 ` Mike Frysinger
2005-09-04 18:21 ` Andrew Gaffney
2005-09-04 19:07 ` Philip Webb
2005-09-05 10:36 ` Jason Stubbs
2005-09-04 18:24 ` Mike Williams
2005-09-05 10:39 ` Jason Stubbs
2005-09-05 11:25 ` Jason Stubbs
2005-09-05 16:06 ` Philip Webb
2005-09-05 23:39 ` Jason Stubbs [this message]
2005-09-06 0:33 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2005-09-06 8:33 ` [gentoo-dev] " Philip Webb
2005-09-06 12:21 ` Jason Stubbs
2005-09-06 12:30 ` Jason Stubbs
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