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On Tuesday 22 May 2007 08:01:19 Naga wrote: |
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> > So, does the emptytree (-e) option basically tell it that you don't |
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> > have ANYTHING instlled where it should be? :P |
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> Yes, it empties the depend tree. So portage thinks that no software is |
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> installed. |
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That's an implementation detail that used to be true but isn't any longer. |
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That's why it no longer says "[ebuild N ]" for all packages with -e. |
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Doing so caused problems with circular dependencies. |
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It just remerges everything in world and all their dependencies. Calling |
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it 'everything' is wrong too as it doesn't do anything with packages that |
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aren't in world or a dependency of something in world. |
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Bo Andresen |
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