From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EF28A15800F for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2023 01:54:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 797DEE07E1; Wed, 15 Feb 2023 01:54:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lj1-x235.google.com (mail-lj1-x235.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::235]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30A1FE07C5 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2023 01:54:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lj1-x235.google.com with SMTP id a13so18980203ljq.6 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2023 17:54:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=9tI0EuhNp0u0rRHWH8mLFdlLOznY8Pmpw/MNOOQ0GLk=; b=MsSztiR51HwHiz7zgCw9hA2FRq6Je5BM8afo824PedZRPr1NtTxn8zLJ+kXyvEtEN3 139AiS9c5AQ/JBOpDnf81ogik9lLjz7lbf+OTwBm3JrMniZdI0mcATWC7kKlvZ9WOyW+ 0S8lBd6AqH1aVNq8nmyRvNF5uYtVgUOQTyrqmiJE8blY5WTmbxU5t+MNsgCP2lNbf9/8 I3GVXC8pmP6esOSrzjgJU6eApR/eynHMDD3UnYh00LpXdaE7fUMSqyyFYQ2N/8raUarE jgADuwnlKHkcGDrkQKLCMYGza+NRJhfHAUWVuGyuDdrZVk7NXBd9mgt/P8RF52OrY/GL ogYg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=9tI0EuhNp0u0rRHWH8mLFdlLOznY8Pmpw/MNOOQ0GLk=; b=OBpVwumd9rZcRSdIq0DuLWbgw9wQITuAxwufScY39WpC+gOYDlsLkhkwEh5dEqg62C 2SpKpbHORI0ZhXiafMJGUYNIz+7WK+74zPjVkKUYQ51/gu41xew9wRMS4S8D7k6xJxgG fAQFUtfzcGEjyFRWeqxqA+/k8xmCgfmGf+EjNlCG+0/ZRUcspdely0TeExzwMoeAK0yx uvRbV8UqnxH7R/jyD676zxIMg3Nk/1KZaRiKkc5pBvGZmNQzfecbOoiYL++h06xnDDjl Bx9NxGH/4AL5lqvhqxM8guE3DfacgL7FOrOphCWFw58Y4AztHpLZOsLL1dy8xdzb7p+s Bifg== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKW3CtmLsypQ9GQacmrCtSapNKaP/Oz2NOi0qljzYoAj4f1bmxfe 74KevEmh1NwuP+6NU6rtCllPmveyDeoy9QdLT9MJUOIN X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set+FAsTgATTgtnlJTOkVp0yJ5Bet5FXy+s80AYZpZasE5Rpg/Kr1nNAvf3zwxwrZ+IGm4L7hhZNONLsimC8D4f4= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:a49b:0:b0:290:6d38:98be with SMTP id h27-20020a2ea49b000000b002906d3898bemr65088lji.4.1676426065249; Tue, 14 Feb 2023 17:54:25 -0800 (PST) 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: David Rosenbaum Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 20:54:15 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is it OK to get rid of app-alternatives/* ? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000001c881705f4b35c01" X-Archives-Salt: 8a02095e-598b-4489-86a3-a7b4059f6a9b X-Archives-Hash: e27837465708e0cac5a24b3f73e105ea --0000000000001c881705f4b35c01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dave On Tue, Feb 14, 2023, 20:47 Walter Dnes wrote: > A whole bunch of busy-work for emerge, and nothing in the news item > indicates it's really necessary for the average user. Howsabout... > > * manually zapping with "rm -rf /var/db/repos/gentoo/app-alternatives" > * and then include "app-alternatives" in the file pointed to by > PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude-from=" > > Am I missing something obvious that would cause problems? > > -- > I've seen things, you people wouldn't believe; Gopher, Netscape with > frames, the first Browser Wars. Searching for pages with AltaVista, > pop-up windows self-replicating, trying to uninstall RealPlayer. All > those moments, will be lost in time like tears in rain... time to die. > > --0000000000001c881705f4b35c01 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


Dave

On Tue, Feb 14, 2023, 20:47 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
=C2=A0 A whole bunch of busy-work for emerge, and nothing in = the news item
indicates it's really necessary for the average user.=C2=A0 Howsabout..= .

* manually zapping with "rm -rf /var/db/repos/gentoo/app-alternatives&= quot;
* and then include "app-alternatives" in the file pointed to by =C2=A0 PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS=3D"--exclude-from=3D<whatever>&q= uot;

=C2=A0 Am I missing something obvious that would cause problems?

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I've seen things, you people wouldn't believe; Gopher, Netscape wit= h
frames, the first Browser Wars.=C2=A0 Searching for pages with AltaVista, pop-up windows self-replicating, trying to uninstall RealPlayer.=C2=A0 All<= br> those moments, will be lost in time like tears in rain... time to die.

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