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On Tuesday 13 January 2009 17:44:37 Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I normally do "emerge -uDvN @world" (or in other words "emerge |
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> --update --deep --verbose --newuse @world"). Right now, it tells me |
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> this: |
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> Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB |
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> I also --depclean on a regular basis to remove any unneeded packages. |
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> Right now, it tells me this: |
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> No packages selected for removal by depclean |
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> Based on those two commands, I'm led to believe I have a fully updated |
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> system. So, then, I am curious why when I do "emerge -e @world" it |
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> tells me this: |
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> Total: 1432 packages (9 upgrades, 2 downgrades, 14 new, 1407 |
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> reinstalls, 1 interactive), Size of downloads: 76,235 kB |
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> How is that possible? Where do those upgrades, downgrades and new |
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> packages come from? What is missing from my traditional "-uDvN" |
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> command that is causing me to miss some of those updates? |
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read the man page. |
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Especially the bit about bdeps - these are usually not included |
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in 'emerge -uND world' but will be included when you use -e |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |