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Chris Shelton wrote: |
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>>> So when reading that list of dependencies I had, do we start at the |
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>>> bottom and work up? For example below, blackdown is last, and |
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>>> lib-compat is above it meaning blackdown will depend on it. And |
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>>> lib-compat depends on libsdl? |
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> In general, that is correct. Emerge will install packages starting from |
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> the one listed last, and work up. |
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Sorry, in general this is not correct: emerge shows the packages in |
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reverse order if and only if you use the --tree flag. Without -t the |
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packages will be emerged exactly in the order shown from top to bottom. |
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Just look what emerge itself says: |
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root@berry ~ # emerge -p world |
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These are the packages that I would merge, in order: |
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...and on the other hand: |
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root@berry ~ # emerge -p --tree world |
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These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order: |
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Just don't miss that. :-) |
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Andreas |
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