From fde63a13c5e66b509ec01886fc78350f696b1046 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:58:29 +0000 Subject: Add a note about automatic uninstallation to solve blockers. svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=9959 --- RELEASE-NOTES | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'RELEASE-NOTES') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3