* David W Noon <dwn...@ntlworld.com> [110601 13:10]: > On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:20:02 +0200, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re: > [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files: > > >On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 15:57:58 +0100, David W Noon wrote: > [snip] > >> Remember: we are discussing the COMPLETE DELETION of a > >> package, not an upgrade or rebuild. > > > >We are discussing unmerge behaviour, unmerging is part of the upgrade > >and rebuild processes. > > Now I see why we are talking/writing at cross purposes. > > What I am proposing I would apply only to -C or -c options on an emerge > command, not the internal actions during an upgrade/rebuild. I have > stated that several times in this thread, so I thought I had made > myself clear. > -- > Regards, > > Dave [RLU #314465] > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > dwn...@ntlworld.com (David W Noon) > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
What you seem to ignore or miss in the discussion is that an emerge -C is necessary at times during an upgrade and rebuild when package dependencies are not perfect. That said, having it configurable with the default being the current operation seems flexible. Todd
