On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:24:05 +0100
Markus Leuthold <[email protected]> wrote:
> > You miss lots. If you want the functionality update-eix provides
> > (which you probably don't -- learn to use paludis -q and
> > inquisitio), write your own hook code for it. 
> I just tried it out: "eix kdelibs" vs "paludis -q kdelibs". They
> provide the same information, even with overlays.
> eix "flight simulator" vs inquisito "flight simulator". Again the
> same result (apart from inquisito taking 1min50 and eix 1sec for the
> result)

inquisitio probably only takes that long because you don't have cache
generated for overlays. If you do have cache generated, inquisitio
should take less than a minute. A lot less, on modern hardware.

> > Seriously, if you aren't going to pay attention when we tell you
> > something's utterly broken, you shouldn't be using Paludis at all.
> 
> I take your warning seriously, but it's enough to warn ONCE, eg when
> you install someting from the erroneous overlay. 

The warning's there because it's demonstrably not been enough to do
otherwise. And if we find out the warning isn't strong enough, we'll
have to up it even further.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh

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