On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:42:08AM -0700, Zac Medico wrote > It will require portage to be able to predict where the units are > installed, and also be able to avoid accidentally wiping out anything > else that may be installed nearby. The prediction issue also comes up in > this bug which requests a 'dounit' ebuild helper: > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469086 > > Maybe the package manager should query the unit location from pkg-config?
I think this is the wrong algorithm... i.e. asking where files of type "X" are installed, and wreaking havoc in in that location. I think that it would be more robust for the installer to decide which files are of type "X", and not install them in the first place. This approach does not risk wiping files from another program in the same directory. And preventative action is generally better than cleaning up after the fact. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
