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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge wants to upgrade gtk+ but it's masked
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 10:49:06
Message-Id: 3408425.tUO9X2FuJl@peak
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge wants to upgrade gtk+ but it's masked by Neil Bothwick
1 On Wednesday 21 Sep 2016 10:57:11 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 09:43:58 +0000, Franz Fellner wrote:
3 > > > Good suggestion, thanks. notification-deamon wants the upgrade, I'll
4 > > > try with some more masking or USE change.
5 > >
6 > > --verbose --tree (short: -vt) should really be used by default ;) It
7 > > doesn't hurt but it is a great help.
8 >
9 > I disagree, --verbose gives too much information making it harder to spot
10 > the important stuff. For example --verbose shows all USE flags for every
11 > package while without it you only see changes to them, which is normally
12 > all you are interested in.
13
14 ... and in a case not involving head-scratching and detective work, --tree
15 makes the list much harder to read.
16
17 So don't do it. :P
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20 Rgds
21 Peter