From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FFC7138A1A for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 20:34:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E2B57E09FA; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 20:34:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A378DE0934 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 20:34:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (shooty.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.8]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 0B81A24859 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2015 20:34:46 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 20:34:44 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Stroppy perl-cleaner Message-ID: <20150214203444.5eb957ae@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <43152130.7zsFNAXs7S@wstn> References: <2325806.Dan2CkZG8y@wstn> <971745c8-0805-43cf-a74e-1c7f6fc334c7@email.android.com> <43152130.7zsFNAXs7S@wstn> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1-68-g3463ed (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/2.IY2UOTzo3skKv7yhkwD3N"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: d3dc1446-ca63-4104-96a5-c40a36154bfa X-Archives-Hash: 2d08524b776fa40e6e37d860d2aa267c --Sig_/2.IY2UOTzo3skKv7yhkwD3N Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 14:11:32 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Your use of -- to supply extra arguments to emerge. It means you may > > be using unsupported options so if it breaks, the pieces are all > > yours. =20 >=20 > Yes, I can read the words, Neil ;-) I just want to know whether it's=20 > safe to ignore the warning even when issued with such vigour. As I > said, I can't see anything dangerous in the arguments I pass in the > alias. Nor can I. The warning is really saying you are using an unsupported combination of options. Rather than saying they are unsafe, it is saying they are not certain to be safe. The decision is yours, but my reaction to the warning is along the like of "OK, whatever" and then I do it anyway. Neil living life on the edge! --=20 Neil Bothwick When you choke a smurf, what color does it turn? --Sig_/2.IY2UOTzo3skKv7yhkwD3N Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlTfsWQACgkQum4al0N1GQMtxgCeJM7uc6/L+jSqDFW/dUQ57lmH 2dIAn1Fry+68qooPCEHcxKXkloBvEMZk =pZkl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/2.IY2UOTzo3skKv7yhkwD3N--