Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE message

["Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman@gmail.com>]

On 7/22/06, Ryan Tandy <tarpman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> >> WARN: prerm
> >> Please upgrade your package (libmpeg3-1.5.2) to use
> >> toolchain-funcs.eclass
> >
>
> Needs to be fixed by the maintainer of the ebuild.  If you feel like it,
> file a bug (check first to see that there isn't already one), or if you
> really feel like being obnoxious, e-mail the maintainer (check in the
> ebuild).
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

This was not the first time.  It wasn't the last either -- I'm looking at a new
fresh crop.  Am I then to understand that none of these messages will ever
be warning ME that I need to do something (actually, I know that's not true).

If not, how am I to tell?  What clues are you guys going on?  Is it just beyond
some threshold of geekishness/incomprehensibility that marks it as for
devs only?

IMNSHO, there's gotta be a better way to run this.

++ kevin

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