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#1 2011-04-01 13:46:53
- Anonymo
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Portage or ABS?
Are we going to be using Portage or Pacman from now on? I always found portage too complicated.
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#2 2011-04-01 14:07:09
- Inxsible
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Re: Portage or ABS?
We are going with Portage. pacman is being deprecated.
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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#3 2011-04-01 14:22:12
- Pyntux
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Re: Portage or ABS?
pacman is bad, but there was no better until now. Everything is better that pacman...
I do not speak English, but I understand...
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#4 2011-04-01 14:46:44
#5 2011-04-01 15:36:37
- bernarcher
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Re: Portage or ABS?
Portage? Pacman? From this day forward, package management is via cant.
Exactly! The end is nigh!
To know or not to know ...
... the questions remain forever.
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#6 2011-04-01 15:41:43
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Re: Portage or ABS?
cant install
cant upgrade
cant standLOVE IT !!
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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#7 2011-04-01 16:07:03
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Re: Portage or ABS?
Can I change my user name to GeorgeCantStandya?
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#8 2011-04-01 16:18:27
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Re: Portage or ABS?
I think Canterbury is also following Arch policy of not allowing username changes. I am angling for a moderator job on their forums as well. because after all my moderator status is going to be for nought on arch forums now that there will be no Arch.
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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#9 2011-04-01 17:02:53
- cesura
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#10 2011-04-01 21:20:34
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Re: Portage or ABS?
Will I still be able to blame Allan when a package breaks?
The new draft of the developer list was just submitted to the Canterbury mailing list and it has Allan's position listed as:
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Roles: Underlord, Cant Developer, The Main Target
..."The Main Target" sounds fairly liberal, so I think we can officially blame him for everything now.
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#11 2011-04-01 21:55:26
- mianka
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Re: Portage or ABS?
So a package is cantabile if it installs with cant.
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#12 2011-04-01 23:33:33
- sonoran
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Re: Portage or ABS?
In light of cant's obvious limitations I'm announcing a fork: wont - the Package Manager with an Attitude. It will be a drop-in replacement for cant, but much more frustrating.
Messages under consideration:
I could if I wanted to, but...
Not tonight, dear.
Only if you ask nicely.Last edited by sonoran (2011-04-01 23:34:03)
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#13 2011-04-02 00:20:46
- stephane
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Re: Portage or ABS?
First you need emerge
# sudo pacman -S emerge
then you can rebuild pacman with your own use flags
# emerge -a pacman
You can do the same with zypper if you wan 
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