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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge util-linx; util-linux and sysvinit block eachother.
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 13:36:58
Message-Id: 539709BD.7000106@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge util-linx; util-linux and sysvinit block eachother. by thegeezer
1 On 10/06/2014 12:36, thegeezer wrote:
2 >> +1 to just letting portage work with world.
3 >> >
4 >> > What I have found useful when trying to do what Alan is attempting, is
5 >> > to select a chunk of packages at a time (like say all of kde, then a
6 >> > bunch of daemons). If I get a block, drop it and try the next chunk.
7 > you might also like to know about my favourite flag "keep-going", which
8 > drops the failed emerge and goes to the next non-dependent on what failed.
9 > emerge -uDNa --keep-going
10 >
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13 I know about --keep-going, I don't like it much.
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15 It's also a different topic, what's being mentioned here is how to get
16 past the bit where portage fails to give an emerge list due to blockers.
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21 Alan McKinnon
22 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge util-linx; util-linux and sysvinit block eachother. Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>