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On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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<volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> On Donnerstag, 31. Juli 2008, Daniel da Veiga wrote: |
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>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Stroller |
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>> <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>> > On 31 Jul 2008, at 19:50, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: |
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>> >> ... |
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>> >> Note the "emerge -e world" is not what we need here as it will leave |
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>> >> broken system packages (the system won't boot on the new processor). |
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>> >> The '-e' option looks for the USE flags only. |
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>> > From `man emerge` |
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>> > |
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>> > --emptytree (-e) |
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>> > Reinstalls all world packages and their dependencies ... |
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>> Nicolas, Stroller (and the man page) is right... |
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>> As "system" is part of "world", an "emerge -e world" would recompile |
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>> every single package, along with all dependencies, a full system |
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>> recompile, if you, for instance, change your CFLAGs to a generic one |
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>> before it, at the end your system would be prepared to be used with a |
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>> different processor. |
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> not anymore. system was taken out of world. |
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> http://marc.info/?l=gentoo-dev&m=121607297615623&w=2 |
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I see, so you need a "emerge -e system" in order to "emerge -e world" |
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properly and make sure changes affect all packages. |
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One more thing to keep note next time I transfer my system... |
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Daniel da Veiga |
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