On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:29:02 -0700 Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ryan Hill wrote: > > Zac Medico wrote: > >> implement greedy atoms for the world set. I've been pondering the > >> idea of making world non-greedy for slots by default [1], since you > >> can add slot atoms to the world file to pull in any specific > >> slot(s) that you want. > > > > That would rock. Portage always insisting on pulling in the highest > > SLOT whether needed or not is one of my biggest pet-peeves. > > Well, you can already use SLOT atoms in your world file if you don't > want the highest available. Packages that pull in >=foo are a > different story though. I suppose we can add something like a > - --upgrade=minimal option that prevents pulling in new slots if they > aren't required. Don't restrict it to SLOTs though. "minimal" implies that only upgrades required to satisfy the depgraph are performed. The described behavior should be another value, e.g. "no-slot-change". Marius -- Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit better.
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