On 03/24/2018 02:01 AM, Kent Fredric wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 09:02:20 +0100 > Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> ...except that it is also used to say 'this is experimental version, >> unmask at will' and Portage wants to unmask stuff for you anyway. Well, >> I mean the default configuration of Portage, not mine. > > Yeah, that default I find incredibly stupid tbh. > > Auto-unmask use works nicely. Autounmask for package.mask and > accept_keywords is just madness I'd love to see stopped. > > Its right up on my list of "portage doing ultra dumb stuff? Turn this > off". > > I have it turned off in my defaults.
The defaults certainly do not work perfectly in all situations. However, there are a vast number of situations where using --autounmask-continue will make appropriate package.mask changes without the need for any user intervention. -- Thanks, Zac
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