On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:21:23 -0400 Rich Freeman wrote: > Perhaps a future/in-progress EAPI could define a mechanism where an > ebuild can indicate that a particular update or set of circumstances > is a system-critical change, and that the package manager should > consequently alert the user and ensure that they have confirmed the > action. pkg_pretend can do that... -- Ciaran McCreesh