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On 01/09/18 10:39, Peter Humphrey wrote:
>> I wish there was a portage option that said "don't give up, just emerge
>> > what you can".

> There is: --keep-going
> 
There isn't ...

"keep going" says "don't stop once you've started". What I want is
"start anyway".

If emerge hits a load of dependency conflicts, it refuses to start
emerging. Instead of giving up, I want it to emerge anything that
doesn't conflict.

Cheers,
Wol