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On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 08:14:06PM +0000, Collins Richey wrote: |
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> > From "emerge --help system": |
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> > |
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> > emerge [ options ] system |
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> > |
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> > "emerge system" is the Portage system update command. When run, it |
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> > will scan the /etc/make.profile/packages file and determine what |
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> > packages need to be installed so that your system meets the minimum |
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> > requirements of your current system profile. Note that this doesn't |
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> > necessarily bring your system up-to-date at all; instead, it just |
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> > ensures that you have no missing parts. For example, if your system |
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> > profile specifies that you should have sys-apps/iptables installed |
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> > and you don't, then "emerge system" will install it (the most |
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> > recent version that matches the profile spec) for you. It's always a |
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> > good idea to do an "emerge --pretend system" before an "emerge |
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> > system", just so you know what emerge is planning to do. |
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> > |
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> |
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> The answer is quite informative, but what is "your current system |
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> profile"? |
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/etc/make.profile is a symlink that points to your current system profile, |
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which normally resides in /usr/portage/profiles. Right now, it should be |
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the "default" profile. |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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