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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What's the best way to force a particular version of a dependency
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2020 21:20:25
Message-Id: CAK2H+ec6i-XYTJ+hP6P9MxwceVnT_Y74t=E8g-ypoVrif91q=Q@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What's the best way to force a particular version of a dependency by n952162
1 So try the same command but use -epv and it will tell you everything it's
2 going to do.
3
4 If you have a dependency issue it will tell you straight up.
5
6 On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 2:15 PM n952162 <n952162@×××.de> wrote:
7
8 > On 2020-06-07 23:03, Mark Knecht wrote:
9 >
10 >
11 >
12 > On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 1:20 PM n952162 <n952162@×××.de> wrote:
13 > <SNIP>
14 > > I don't understand this - what can I add to @system to get @system to
15 > update?
16 > <SNIP>
17 >
18 > emerge -e @system
19 >
20 > --emptytree, -e
21 > Reinstalls target atoms and their entire deep dependency
22 > tree, as though no
23 > packages are currently installed. You should run this with
24 > --pretend first
25 > to make sure the result is what you expect.
26 >
27 > Oh, that's really the nuke option, isn't it. Good to know about it.
28 >