On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 08:53:59PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 10/07/2014 20:11, List Reader wrote: > > Okay, I see. Thank you so much. Soo so much. I thought I was going round > > the twist, or hopelesly ignorant. I couln't understand why emerge didn't > > offer me > > --autounmask-write, so I could dispatch-conf and move on. I was having > > similar problems with media-gfx/freecad and some others, but eselecting the > > apropriate target/slot thing made it go. Okay, that's it for today. My > > eys hurt. I'll do it in the morning. you guys are great. I'm going to bed. > > > Stick with it, it gets easier. Portage *does* have it's special way of > looking at the world, but after a while it starts to make some kind of > sense. It just doesn't happen quickly, you have to persist with the damn > thing :-) > > > -- > Alan McKinnon > alan.mckin...@gmail.com > > > >Stick with it, it gets easier. Portage *does* have it's special way of > >looking at the world, but after a while it starts to make some kind of > >sense. It just doesn't happen quickly, you have to persist with the damn > >thing :-)
Thanks. I can't leave it alone. A gave Arch a go, but Portage is amazing. Tormenting at times, but amazing. I can't bear it any other way. p.s. I can't figure out how to quote easily in mutt.