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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Permissions error on starting X.
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:44:11
Message-Id: prprs5$v8u$1@blaine.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Permissions error on starting X. by Rich Freeman
1 On 05/11/2018 18:35, Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 11:27 AM Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >>
4 >> On 05/11/2018 17:30, Grant Edwards wrote:
5 >>> On 2018-11-04, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote:
6 >>>> On 03/11/2018 16:01, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
7 >>>>> The developers, in this instance, failed to raise the ebuild's version
8 >>>>> number from 1.20.3 when making this change, and also didn't notify users
9 >>>>> by a NEWS item, that I can see.
10 >>>>
11 >>>> Emerge will catch this, no need for revbump. Unless you're not using -D
12 >>>> (--deep) when updating world. Which you should.
13 >>>
14 >>> What do you mean "catch this"?
15 >>>
16 >>> I always use -D, and the change broke my system.
17 >>
18 >> I mean that a USE flag change will trigger a rebuild of the package
19 >
20 > -D will not cause USE flag changes to trigger a rebuild of a package.
21 >
22 > You're thinking of --newuse in this particular case.
23
24 Oops, yes. I meant -N (--newuse). Not -D. Got confused. I always upgrade
25 using:
26
27 emerge -auDN --changed-deps @world
28
29 The "N" was the important flag here, not the "D".