On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 00:48:01 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > It's quite simple logic... If a file is modified, it is no longer the > > file portage installed, so portage does not uninstall it. If > > anything, the problem is that the logic used by portage is too > > simple. > > I don't think it's too simple. It seems exactly right for the task to > me: clear, predictable and easily understood.
The only time it failed to be that, IMO, was when a GCC update forced
wholesale modification of .la files, which were then left because they no
longer belonged to a package. I believe this no longer happens.
> Personally, I'd be livid if portage were to remove my carefully crafted
> work from time immemorial, without so much as a by-your-leave.
I get the impression that "livid" is the polite version ;-)
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Neil Bothwick
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