On 2009-01-02, ?Q? <boxc...@gmx.net> wrote: > In <20090102224554.57ea4...@krikkit>, > Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > >> On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 09:09:23 -0600, ?Q? wrote: >> >> > > That's the point of this thread, the ebuild does perform a test >> > > before installation, but goes ahead straight after the warning. >> > >> > AFAIAC, the post-install log is exactly where the message belongs -- >> > that's where I'd look if I'd broken my system. >> >> Would it be better if your system wasn't broken? > > Yes, but I continue not to believe that it should be portage's job to > prevent me from installing things that break my system.
You must be pretty unhappy with Gentoo, because portage seems to go to a great deal of effort to avoid breaking things (what with all that dependancy stuff it does). Several times a month it refuses to update because of blockages alone. -- Grant
