On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:45:13 -0400, Michael Mol wrote:

> Also, even if the ebuild issued a warning, there's no guarantee the
> warning would ever be made visible; the system is well and truly hosed
> before the 'postinst' stage of the install, so who knows whether or
> not the cache-and-show-later warnings would reach the user?

There is a facility for an ebuild to check things like this and override
them or refuse to continue, unless you set $I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

In plumbing, a straight flush is better than a full house.

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