-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/03/2013 08:07 PM, Martin Vaeth wrote: >>> If you want my opinion on subslots: # grep EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS >>> /etc/portage/make.conf >>> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--ignore-built-slot-operator-deps=y" > > A different user interface would be preferrable: Something like > FEATURES=show-built-slot-operator-deps which would *show* what > would need to be rebuilt even if the above EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS is > used. This is then something which users with less powerful > machines like me can put into their make.conf and then decide from > case to case whether/when to rebuild. > > Or even better: In --ask mode, one could ask the user in addition > for those packages only pulled in by subslot deps. > > This way users with not so powerful machines would be informed > regularly but would not be forced to call emerge twice or more > times just to get the information (which meanwhile is really a time > issue). > > The current way of reemerging subslots by default might (and IMHO > should) be kept, anyway. > >
Could you open a bug report for portage and make a properly formulated proposal about this? I think this idea has a realistic chance to get implemented, one way or the other. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSdqKjAAoJEFpvPKfnPDWzQ/0IAJ+S1CyBxLfd6TxQeer1dP+K JZYTG/6CDVEegpyLzypTB5TqlQeyk4p2BKIdE28Cgm48GIMiDGn3IsZIgELlc85b iCztw1l6aCSLtAxA1ck4b2N9jHU6z91+QFXfs1XSJ8uGdb7jZJtR6THS9Clzl4NL JvMRX1Cr0ZPsmzNLG7U/jcQ+FAhygeV6N4GFifcPRXOk9hqdpDahLsqlZ91OENn+ uC6taKJIgjElBHkc/sITEaFqkcAFt3kX//WsQwjIANeEYYniSXe9ucNUWPg6Gf76 BGd5gNap0SA1D2b8VPGgEU12pLzUOB6V6ITcJZyTTVyTgm5QVvKn2RrHpcNXwsU= =2zBZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
