On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 00:45:00 -0500 (EST), Daniel Barkalow wrote:

> Perhaps it just needs to be more popular, or maybe it needs to
> understand slots better (in order to be popular). I know that all of
> the kernels I install tell me that support for devfs was removed long
> before the oldest kernel available in portage as of when I installed
> the machine.

File a bug, the ebuild shouldn't be reporting this if it is unnecessary or
confusing.

> It also doesn't look like it's something where it would be able to
> choose to upgrade postfix 2.2.10 to 2.2.10-r1 instead of to 2.3.5
> because 2.3.5 would require help and 2.2.10-r1 is automatic.

This is Gentoo, you are supposed to make those sort of decisions for
yourself. Automatic updates go against the "the admin is in control"
ethos.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Bang on the LEFT side of your computer to restart Windows

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