Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage as a dependency

["Eugene Wong" <disposable_eugene@hotmail.com>]

>From: Alain Penders <alain@gentoo.org>
>To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
>Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage as a dependency
>Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:06:47 -0700
>
>I would hope that people rsync before installing new packages -- saves 
>having
>to install them twice.  After the rsync, if you run emerge -up world, 
>you'll
>get a specific message in the package list about a new portage being
>available.  Isn't this and the general knowledge that Gentoo hinges on 
>portage
>enough for people to update portage before emerging other packages?

Well, it wasn't entirely obvious to me. However, that's probably because I'm 
too new @ the concept of portage. If you guys are going after a certain type 
of technical user, then it's no big deal, but if you are going after user 
friendliness, then there should be more done to prevent problems.


Sincerely, and with thanks,
Eugene T.S. Wong

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