On 16 May 2010, at 16:46, Jorden M wrote:
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM, EBo <e...@sandien.com> wrote:
portage is horrid. i hate it more every time i use it.
and it doesn't work. revdep rebuild is proof.
it is a lot more dependable than any other package maintenance
system I've
used on *NIX based systems. The fundamental problem requiring
revdep is
I honestly can't support that. I do like Portage, but it is horribly
fragile. The few volunteers that work with it can't keep it from
breaking every few months, and when they finally have a fix, it's a
long wiki page of instructions, not a simple `ok, everyone update your
portage trees for the fix'.
Contrast Sorcery which has multiple well-implemented automated repair
systems.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. -- Alan Perlis
