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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dependency miracle - please help
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:32:08
Message-Id: 200908261353.18094.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] dependency miracle - please help by Richard Marzan
1 On Wednesday 26 August 2009 13:38:59 Richard Marzan wrote:
2 > I'm sorry but I have never used @system and @world. What is the difference
3 > and why the new syntax. I will surely rtfm.
4
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6 It's the new set syntax, available in recent 2.2 portages. I believe there is
7 some support in recent 2.1 as well
8
9 @system consists of the same packages as the old "system"
10 @world is the world set - the contents of your world file. It's not the same
11 as "world" as it excludes "system" whereas "world" implies that system is
12 included.
13
14 --
15 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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