Summary: | Emerge should skip errors if possible like make -k | ||
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Product: | Portage Development | Reporter: | Ole Tange <bugs.gentoo.org> |
Component: | Conceptual/Abstract Ideas | Assignee: | Portage team <dev-portage> |
Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
Severity: | enhancement | CC: | radek |
Priority: | High | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
Whiteboard: | |||
Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Ole Tange
2004-02-06 01:02:18 UTC
have you tried emerge --resume --skipfirst ?? it is not a good idea to have emerge skip errors automatically. should errors be encountered, and you know what you are doing, skip them manually using the above mentioned emerge options. HTH --resume --skipfirst requires manual intervention.
> it is not a good idea to have emerge skip errors automatically.
I strongly disagree on this. A failure to upgrade Galeon should not
block the upgrade of KDE. It should, however, block any upgrade that
depends on Galeon.
Just like make -k does not _ignore_ errors emerge should not ignore
them. make -k simply tries to compile as much as is possible according
to the dependency graph. If make -k cannot compile everything it exits
with an error - but only after it has compiled as much as possible. And it
is this behaviour I would like in emerge: Do not ignore errors, but postpone
them until as much as possible is installed.
I forgot to ask: What problems do you see arising if emerge worked like make -k? i'm pretty sure there's a bug already requesting this, but i cant seem to find it I'd really like to see such a feature in portage... Radek thats the one, thanks *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12768 *** @Ole Tange, I am a minimalist, the simpler the tool the better. I would rather drive a car with a stick shift. Let the software do what it can do best, and couple the later the with what human brain can do and you will have the best tool which mere mortal can benefit from. Unless of course, where software and hardware likewise will supersedes the human brain. HTH PS I am not religious about my opinions, yours might differ, and I must admit that I do find them enlightening, after all we are all ignorant, and one of the purposes of human interactions is to broaden one's perspective. |