From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26261 invoked by uid 1002); 7 Feb 2003 18:51:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 19910 invoked from network); 7 Feb 2003 18:51:46 -0000 X-Originating-IP: [24.76.255.23] From: "Eugene Wong" To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Bcc: Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 10:32:27 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Feb 2003 18:32:28.0214 (UTC) FILETIME=[447D2D60:01C2CED7] Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage as a dependency X-Archives-Salt: 275534ec-fa93-4e8f-9cb1-6ff48c59b4e3 X-Archives-Hash: 8c1b93114ecea9979370b68e110e9b3f >From: Alain Penders >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 _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list