On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > 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.
I'll file an enhancement request against the ebuild tonight. (I hope, if I find time.) -- :wq
