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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    [gentoo-user] Re: Emerge
From:       »Q« <boxcars () gmx ! net>
Date:       2016-04-16 16:58:17
Message-ID: 20160416115817.41e8a9a9 () sepulchrave ! remarqs
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On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 12:41:37 -0400
Alan Grimes <ALONZOTG@verizon.net> wrote:

> I've got more years on gentoo that most of you.

I wonder how you determined that, but it doesn't matter;  it's the
content of posts that reveal cluelessness quotient, not a clock.

> I only joined this list a few months ago because emerge was starting
> to cause problems

You joined the wrong list -- this one's for helping each other.
Unfortunately, I don't know what is the right list for informing the
world that portage is malicious and out to get you.

> I am speaking from many years of experience with weekly updates when I
> tell you that ubuntu-style "update everything while I go play Space
> Invaders" (Or Kerbal Space Program) absolutely does work unless emerge
> decides to get stupid and look for excuses not to do what you asked it
> to.

That's funny, IME portage is better at automagically resolving blockers
than it ever was in the past.  Then again, I don't know how it was
before 2001.

(Sorry, everyone.  I'll try to quit feeding it, I promise.)


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