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 8750D1383E0 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2015 13:28:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 29CA721C060; Thu, 1 Oct 2015 13:27:57 +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 18E0A21C017 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2015 13:27:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (yooden.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3CA6819FF57 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:27:55 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:27:51 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] update problems Message-ID: <20151001142751.020ee8f3@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <560AEDFA.9000706@libertytrek.org> <560AF6ED.4010404@gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.12.0-90-gf20d6e (GTK+ 2.24.28; 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_/1Z2h+JFiCvyNcyf.+6NKC3f"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 803e316c-23b8-45fc-9633-8ac12efec047 X-Archives-Hash: d74a2fb6c0088bfd04fb1e3a403405f5 --Sig_/1Z2h+JFiCvyNcyf.+6NKC3f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 07:10:52 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: > Short-term if somebody wants to write up a wiki page full of common > confusing portage error messages and improved versions of the same, > and instructions on how to handle each situation, that would both help > users today, and give the portage devs something to contemplate in > their enhancements. There is no reason portage couldn't even figure > out which case an error falls into and either output the text on the > page or give the user a link to go look up instructions on how to > resolve. Yes, I mentioned that earlier in this thread, but haven't had a chance to do anything more constructive about it yet. --=20 Neil Bothwick "It compiled? The first screen came up? Ship it!" -- Bill Gates --Sig_/1Z2h+JFiCvyNcyf.+6NKC3f Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlYNNNcACgkQum4al0N1GQOQXQCgx5BlchMtvGhiP6pc6S6EviUf z7AAnj/HOrrZtFxRe6QOvH982YZXu2Bm =7za5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/1Z2h+JFiCvyNcyf.+6NKC3f--