On 25/11/2014 18:35, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2014-11-23, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> There is only the one that portage will happen to install should you not >> specify a preference. > > If "default" doesn't mean "what will happen should you not specify a > preference", then what _does_ "default" mean? >
Please go back and read the whole thread and stop quibbling about semantics. The OP made statements that read as if he felt entitled to support, bugfixes etc from the gentoo dev community by simple virtue of a particular package being considered a default. I pointed out he was expecting far in excess of what was promised. In that context, there is no default as such that does that. There is only the package that portage will install sans an explicit choice by the user. As to what that will do (your question), why it will install the package of course. I really don't know why you made this post, it has little or nothing to do with what I said. Looks like cherry picking selective sentences to me. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
