On Sun, 17 Apr 2016 15:40:04 -0400 Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote:
> 160417 »Q« wrote: > > I too often forget to use 'sudo' along with 'emerge --ask', > > which gets me a prompt to add '--pretend' to the options. > > I never want to add '--pretend' to the options : > > if I've used '--ask', I also meant to use 'sudo'. > > If your machine isn't in a public place, why don't you use a root > terminal ? That's what I've always done & have never used 'sudo', > which isn't installed. Because *I* have access to my terminal. When I run something as root, I want it to be intentional, not due to me just not paying attention. > Also, I've always used '-v' rather than '-a', as it's simpler. After > 'emerge -pv <pkg>', I then carry on with 'emerge -1 <pkg>' or simply > 'emerge <pkg>', if it's a World or System pkg. I guess relative simpleness is in the eye of the beholder; I don't see running two commands instead of one as simpler generally and certainly not when it cause all the dependencies to be sorted out twice. > Really, there are simple ways of doing things with Gentoo, > which avoid a lot of the complications + hassles others complain > about. > > HTH (smile). It sounds like you'd be happier just running everything as root. It wouldn't be any more dangerous than giving me access to a root terminal on your machine. ;)
