* Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Few things, which imho would make portage better
@ 2006-03-14 13:44 99% ` Marius Mauch
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From: Marius Mauch @ 2006-03-14 13:44 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-portage-dev
tvali wrote:
> I think that it would make things more clear and simple if portage did
> support the following (maybe some are already included, but not found by
> me):
>
> * Add package to "world" checking all dependencies, but not emerging
Not sure what exactly that is supposed to mean, but I guess it's already
doable with --noreplace and --onlydeps.
> * Remove package from "world" without unmerging
$EDITOR /var/lib/portage/world
or
sed -i -e '/<category>\/<package>/d' /var/lib/portage/world
Maybe worth integrating when generic set support is available.
> * Save all important messages into file instead of beeping (i may be
> away from home); optionally replay them at end of update
see http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-131795.html
> * When updating or installing new package, if something goes wrong,
> still emerge other packages, which havent failed packages as
> dependencies -- in my case, for example, when i do --update, for
> example, then the fact that update of first package fails does not
> definitely mean that i dont want to update others
This has been rejected in the past as it isn't always a good idea as you
might want to change your plans if a package fails. Maybe as an optional
feature, but even then it's rather low priority.
Marius
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