> > 2. reports what version of installed software is actually running and > > it's up to the user to figure out what needs to be done if installed > > and running software versions do not match (probably better) > > 3. Whenever an ebuild installs a script in /etc/init.d, it checks to see > whether the service is already running. If it is, it sends an ewarn > message. Now that portage is able to mail these messages, they no longer > get lost in the reams of output from an emerge, so they are now genuinely > useful.
Very nice. Should that cover all instances of action needing to be taken for an update to take effect? It wouldn't handle kernel updates, but that one is obvious. - Grant > Neil Bothwick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
