Re: [gentoo-user] Is it OK to get rid of app-alternatives/* ?

[Wol <antlists@youngman.org.uk>]

On 15/02/2023 15:51, Daniel Frey wrote:
> On 2/15/23 06:10, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
>> On 2023-02-15 08:11:46, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>>
>>> If, as you say, it will eventually replace eselect, there is no more
>>> bloat, just different bloat. It's still just a bunch of symlinks, but
>>> managed differently.
>>>
>>
>> Should be less, since you already have portage installed but not
>> necessarily eselect-whatever.
>>
> 
> I didn't even know eselect-whatever was even an option until this 
> post... It's not something I've ever used.
> 
> It does (at least to me) make sense for the package manager to enforce 
> these selections rather than some optional tool though.
> 
what are they going to do about "eselect kernel set ..." then?

It's bad enough depclean deleting the active kernel if you don't watch 
out, without something deciding to install a non-existent kernel and 
deleting the live one :-)

Cheers,
Wol