Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Peter Kadau <peter.kadau@×××.de>
To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] emerge --pretend update questions.
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:33:07
Message-Id: 200108232038.f7NKcjp25365@mailgate3.cinetic.de
1 hi !
2
3 > when executed on my current system, i see many lines of this:
4 [snip]
5 > Q1: what does the R stand for? i'm pretty sure i understand N and U, and
6 > my first guess for R would be 'remove'.
7
8 no, the only way to remove a package right now is this
9 "ebuild /var/db/pkg/<cat>/<pkg>/<ebuild> unmerge"
10 you cited.
11
12 it just means "remerge", i.e. build and install again with your
13 new USE flags and the like.
14
15 > thanks,
16 > j
17
18 hth and is adequate
19 ciao
20 peter
21
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RE: [gentoo-dev] emerge --pretend update questions. Thomas Landmann <tom.landmann@×××××××××××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-dev] emerge --pretend update questions. jasonm@××××××××.ca