From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FyBUR-0000aU-Sm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:48:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k65HhwAm023651; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 17:43:58 GMT Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.172]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k65GsvHq028527 for ; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 16:54:57 GMT Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id j40so2162230ugd for ; Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:54:57 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=k4Z2MMGVNL98JIQD00dF1a6vxGbNQ379dmUmVwPzwH50rdxn+95vS4is1cZkb1OAiexf8+D3toiVMVg8ghl4htcz1UZ2AmDqnkH9i7/IcJZjCFVyaIA/+sU/R+yCFLrQsKW4guI/fhMi82b42xwCIfAh62o7qlHdoJujKd9kjY8= Received: by 10.66.240.12 with SMTP id n12mr8017833ugh; Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:54:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.243.7 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 09:54:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <342e1090607050954w3f3c12a3o47a26bab72802338@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 13:54:55 -0300 From: "Daniel da Veiga" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] world favorites: pros and cons In-Reply-To: <44ABB409.4080003@ilievnet.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <44AB8AEF.70104@ilievnet.com> <44AB91EC.9070701@mid.message-center.info> <20060705115509.2905ae6d@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <44AB9E70.6010205@ilievnet.com> <20060705131400.3ae53735@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <44ABB409.4080003@ilievnet.com> X-Archives-Salt: 2210ac5e-f48c-4003-8fe2-be6e4485c270 X-Archives-Hash: 04b763ad2d87e64b91cbc1ebe2fd9f58 On 7/5/06, Daniel Iliev wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > > Now portage has no idea of which packages > > are there because you want them, which are there because they are > > dependencies of something you want and which are redundant cruft installed > > as a dependency of a package you no longer have installed. > > > > On your system, your packages, their dependencies and the cruft are all > > considered part of world. > > > > > > That is correct. What are the disadvantages besides the longer seeks for > updates? > > I have no problem with the redundant cruft - when I want just to try > some package I do "emerge --pretend" and record the list of dependencies > it wants to pull-in. If I decide the package is not useful to me, I > "un-emerge" not only the package, but also the dependencies it had > pulled-in during its installation. > > You're manually doying stuff that portage should do. This breaks portage system, gives you more trouble (because you have to manually "undo" stuff in order to not break your dependency list) and have turned the whole dependency check lists and ebuils dependency check useless. A "emerge --update --deep world" for you is a "emerge world". You put some of the work of portage on your own hands, don't be surprised if that breaks something. -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list