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sön 2001-12-30 klockan 08.46 skrev slik@×××××××××××.net: |
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> Daniel Robbins wrote: |
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> > Hi All, |
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> > |
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> > Portage 1.8.1 has been released, which now includes working "emerge update" |
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> > functionality. "emerge update" allows you to keep your key Gentoo Linux |
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> > system packages fully up-to-date. To use it, first type "emerge --pretend |
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> > update" to |
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> Will this download and apply patches to previous source releases, if |
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> they are available for a package? i.e. kernel,emacs,glibc,gnome,kde? are |
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> very large. (very handy for those with slow connections!) |
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This depends on how the person that upgraded the package did it. |
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With this functionality all developers should try to use patches rather |
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than the full file (if they are available). I come to think of the |
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kernel-sources which always provides patches for updating. |
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For really large packages it might be nice if we did diff's and uploaded |
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to ibiblio. |
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Regards, |
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Mikael Hallendal |
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Mikael Hallendal |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Leader |
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CodeFactory AB, Stockholm, Sweden |
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