On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 04:52:39AM +0000, Stroller wrote > You claim to be "a control freak" but you seem to be doing this to > avoid the "chore" of properly inspecting USE flags each time you > emerge. If you `emerge --pretend` before every update you make, > you would see what's changed! What's the point in running `emerge > --pretend` if you don't look at it!?!? Further to the aside in > the email I sent a minute or two ago, all the changed USE flags in > Portage's output show up in bright yellow or green, BTW, so they're > easy to spot.
Actually, I do run "emerge -pv --update world" before doing the real thing. As I mentioned in another email, my minimalist approach to USE flags occasionally results in emerge complaining that application A requires that application B be emarged with a flag that I don't have enabled. In that case, I do have to do something. I always take a quick scan to see what has changed. I realize that being a control-freak and micro-managing my system takes a bit of extra work, but it's worth it for me. "Robo-emerging" is what looks risky to me. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
