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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:43:26
Message-Id: 1A33385D-E00E-4C7D-B8A1-EE0D0199AEC6@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python by Mick
1 On 31 Aug 2008, at 09:04, Mick wrote:
2 > ...
3 > When I tried I got:
4 >
5 > $ eix -Iu --only-names
6 > app-arch/lzma-utils
7 > dev-libs/libsigc++
8 > media-plugins/gst-plugins-x
9 > media-plugins/gst-plugins-xvideo
10 > sys-apps/hdparm
11 > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
12 > virtual/perl-Test-Harness
13 >
14 > However, when I run emerge -upDv --with-deps y world I get just one
15 > package:
16 > ...
17 > [ebuild U ] app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.6 [4.32.5] USE="-nocxx%"
18 > 468 kB
19
20 This was approximately the same ratio of packages that each command
21 produced for me... except many times more in actual numbers. I think
22 `eix -Iu` found over a hundred outdated packages on my system when I
23 ran it. And updating one of them - obviously I have no idea which! -
24 fixed my expat problem.
25
26 Stroller.