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 E4206138825 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2015 09:29:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5357DE098F; Thu, 2 Apr 2015 09:29:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp101-3.vfemail.net (eightthree.vfemail.net [96.30.253.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47AA8E0982 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2015 09:29:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 978 invoked by uid 89); 2 Apr 2015 09:29:45 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 970, pid: 975, t: 0.1493s scanners:none Received: from unknown (HELO bXlzZWw=) (aHNAdmZlbWFpbC5uZXQ=@ODcuMjQ0LjIzMy4xNTM=) by mail.vfemail.net with ESMTPA; 2 Apr 2015 09:29:45 -0000 X-Received: id 8FE6340036 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2015 11:29:43 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 11:29:33 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?Q?R=C3=B3bert_=C4=8Cer=C5=88ansk=C3=BD?= To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: This nite's switch to "full multilib" Message-ID: <20150402112933.0000434a@tightmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20150402094110.11e21cf3@digimed.co.uk> References: <5517CCCC.90800@seismic.de> <551881EA.7040705@gmail.com> <5519103D.8020200@xunil.at> <201503301023.30797.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <551919CF.70200@gmail.com> <55191F2F.4070906@xunil.at> <55192205.4060702@gmail.com> <5519302F.5070906@gmail.com> <20150401192842.0c50d878@amit.mysel> <551CC8C9.1070902@darkmetatron.de> <20150402072101.341cbec3@amit.mysel> <20150402094110.11e21cf3@digimed.co.uk> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.10.0-2-g51af19 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i586-pc-mingw32msvc) 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: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 8d036cc8-7649-4bee-8877-9a8a14cee54d X-Archives-Hash: ca7e0e2765997631fb70fa6341b9834a On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 09:41:10 +0100 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 07:21:01 +0200, R=C3=B3bert =C4=8Cer=C5=88ansk=C3=BD w= rote: >=20 > > Besides there is such database now - it is your (abused) > > package.use! You have to manually add entries to it and I do not > > know any database slower than human typing to a text file ;-) > > (There is autounmask option of course but then you allow portage to > > mess with your files which is not a good thing.) >=20 > Portage doesn't change your package.use file, it creates a new one > using the standard CONFIG_PROTECT process. Then you use etc-update or > similar to view and verify the changes. What I am trying to tell is that portage manages its stuff (USE dependencies), through you, in your configuration files. It is nice that it does not overwrite them directly without asking ;-) but in the end the content ends up there one way or other. Portage should have its own internal database for USE deps and manage it like it manages db of standard package dependencies. Robert --=20 R=C3=B3bert =C4=8Cer=C5=88ansk=C3=BD E-mail: openhs@tightmail.com Jabber: hs@jabber.sk