Document the fact that use of @installed/EverythingSet makes it impossible

for emerge to solve blockers by automatic uninstallation of blocked packages.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=11318

diff --git a/cnf/sets.conf b/cnf/sets.conf
index b3dc132fa15a856479840c24e13191eaeacce72d..b0e331b00eb75cb5ff4524b53de139bf15e7e24c 100644 (file)
--- a/cnf/sets.conf
+++ b/cnf/sets.conf
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ class = portage.sets.profiles.PackagesSystemSet
 class = portage.sets.security.NewAffectedSet
 world-candidate = False
 
-# Again, not much to change here, though people might prefer a different name
+# A superset of the classic <parameter>world</parameter> target, a set created
+# by this class contains SLOT atoms to match all installed packages. Note that
+# use of this set makes it impossible for emerge to solve blockers by automatic
+# uninstallation of blocked packages.
 [installed]
 class = portage.sets.dbapi.EverythingSet
 world-candidate = False

diff --git a/doc/config/sets.docbook b/doc/config/sets.docbook
index 3039aec7fc6cdae76bfb5033fa6b5fae8eb3ea9c..052ace0d459b0ef529aa754b9e47059c3b03537b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/config/sets.docbook
+++ b/doc/config/sets.docbook
@@ -443,7 +443,9 @@
                <title>portage.sets.dbapi.EverythingSet</title>
                <para>
                A superset of the classic <parameter>world</parameter> target, a set created
-               by this class contains SLOT atoms to match all installed packages.
+               by this class contains SLOT atoms to match all installed packages. Note that
+               use of this set makes it impossible for emerge to solve blockers by automatic
+               uninstallation of blocked packages.
                </para>
 
                        <sect3>