On Thu, 2004-03-11, 10:46:55 +0900, in
<200403111046.55363.jstubbs@gentoo.org>, Jason Stubbs
<jstubbs@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Thursday 11 March 2004 08:25, George Shapovalov wrote:
[snip]
> Emerge now checks to see if a package listed in the world file is
> installed before doing anything with it. If it's not installed, it is
> skipped.

I've noticed.

I can see three ways portage could respond to additions to the world
file:

	1. skip the added package
	2. install the added package
	3. abort due to state file inconsistency

Of the three, I would select #2. I would be hard-pressed to choose
between #1 and #3 as the lesser of two evils. My initial instinct is to
avoid arbitrary crashes, but if installing packages found in the world
file is dangerous, perhaps a stronger reaction may be in order.

Perhaps somebody could seed my memepool on this issue.

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