Frequently Asked Questions

This document describes some of the more commonly encountered problems, issues and things that aren't bugs but might look like they are. Pestering anyone about these is liable to get you hurt.

This document also describes some things that are not bugs or missing functionality. Pestering anyone about these is liable to get you hurt a lot.

General Questions

• I have an Unanswered Question
• Why not fix Portage?
• Why C++?
• But C++ is ...
• Contributing
• Known compiler issues
• What term should I use to mean "to install a package using Paludis"?

How do I ...?

• Use ccache
• Use distcc
• Unmask a Package
• Sync from CVS
• Sync from a Gentoo tree snapshot
• Recover VDB
• Remove Portage from my Gentoo installation
• Update Configuration Files (etc-update)
• Sync while doing anything else

Operation

• Get package information for a bug report
• What do those fancy arrows when merging things mean?
• Profiles Updates for Package Moves and Slot Moves
• I can't install */*::installed or */*::overlay->

Stricter than Portage

• Merging Weird Stuff
• Packages Failing src_test
• Sandbox Violations when ROOT is Set
• Repository Blacklists

Undesirable Misfunctionality

• wget Resume Support
• Build Resume / Skip First Support
• No Automatic Niceness Support
• No Ask Support
• Restoring XTerm Titles
• No Automatic Documentation Compression

Things Paludis Does Differently

• No FEATURES Equivalent
• No Automatic Directory Creation
• Revdep-rebuild Equivalent
• Alternatives to Layman
• No package.provided file

Repository Questions

• Profiles vs Profiles
• Repository names

Upgrades, Old Bugs and Migration

• World changes in 0.26.0_alpha13