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| author |   Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2008-04-24 03:58:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2008-04-24 03:58:29 +0000 |
| commit | fde63a13c5e66b509ec01886fc78350f696b1046 (patch) | |
| tree | b2eba792818ee840ed88b79ecf39db969517f002 /RELEASE-NOTES | |
| parent | Fix interaction between automatic uninstall and options like --pretend, (diff) | |
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Add a note about automatic uninstallation to solve blockers.
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diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index ead0d7f0..494953d8 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ portage-2.2 portage-2.1.5 ================================== +* Blockers are now resolved automatically in many more cases + than before. When it's safe, blocked packages are uninstalled + automatically so that users are no longer inconvenienced with the + task. Automatically uninstalled packages are displayed in the merge + list, marked "uninstall" and highlighted in red. With the --tree + option enabled, it's possible to see which package(s) caused other + ones to be automatically uninstalled. + * The metadata-transfer feature is now disabled by default. This disables the "Updating Portage cache" routine that used to run at the tail end of each `emerge --sync` operation. If you use something like the sqlite module and |