Re: [gentoo-user] Re: "emerge -DuvatN world" doesn't show all upgradeable packages

[Dale]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Dale wrote:
>
>
> I have :-)
>
> I've also removed (forcibly) all versions of gcc, portage, and glibc
> individually and all together. quickpkg is a nice thing to know
> about :-)
>

I got that covered.  I found this little tid bit of info.  OP may want 
to make a note of this too.  Pssssst, you see this?

FEATURES="buildsyspkg sandbox fixpackages parallel-fetch"

I like the buildsyspkg part.  At least I will have the system packages 
and can boot up.
> Once I even merged busybox to the root filesystem. It overwrites all the
> Unix tools with symlinks to busybox. Cool, you get a tiny install that
> can go on an embedded device.
>

Sounds cool, for the right equipment.   ;-)  Maybe not a desktop or a 
fancy server, on second thought.   :-p
> BUT, busybox give you tar, it does not give you tar -o
>
> Guess which gentoo-specific app requires tar -o? Do I hear the
> word "portage"? Anyone??
>
>

Naturally.  What else could use that?

Dale

:-)  :-)
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