On Monday 05 September 2005 20:44, Holly Bostick wrote: > Jason Stubbs schreef: > > /var/cache/edb/virtuals is a relic from 2.0.50. In that big message > > displayed at the end of merging any of the 2.0.51 series that nobody > > reads, it states that virtuals are now calculated on the fly. > > So I could delete the whole file without consequence?
Yes. > And OK, doesn't that mean that someone should submit an enhancement bug > to b.g.o indicating that Portage should check whether you are emerging > *one of* the packages that provides a given virtual, or whether you're > unmerging *the only* package that provides a virtual (similar to the > previous SLOTS issue)? > > Maybe it's time to start cleaning up 'big scary messages' that alarm > users unnecessarily (because unmerging Joe in this instance is not going > to break anything, but there are instances where it might, yet the > message does not distinguish one way or another). I've already posted a patch to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for feedback as the issue came up there as well. Apparently there was another dev that was aware of the issue, but he never spoke up and I have not seen any bugs with regard to this either. Maybe it's time to start reporting? -- Jason Stubbs
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