On Tue, 11 February 2014, at 12:05 am, Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 10 February 2014, at 11:57 pm, Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> > wrote: >>> ... >>> There is no subsequent requirement not to invoke emerge --sync as root. >> >> What's the point, if you still have to run as root (or su or sudo) for >> the emerge update process? > > To reduce the number of times the user has to enter an admin password.
Whups, please excuse me. I misunderstood. I am still processing this thread, or at least I was when I hit reply 5 minutes ago. Stroller.