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From: n952162 <n952162@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What does emerge status R mean?
Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 09:25:36
Message-Id: 1f069789-a82f-f9da-45fd-a91b3746395c@web.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What does emerge status R mean? by Neil Bothwick
1 On 5/16/21 11:23 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Sun, 16 May 2021 11:11:54 +0200, n952162 wrote:
3 >
4 >>> My guess is that one of the USE flags changed.  Compare which USE
5 >>> flags is it currently installed with and which it wants for the
6 >>> reinstall.  It might even be that a USE flag changed in the ebuild,
7 >>> even if it won't actually change what gets installed. (--changed-use
8 >>> vs --new-use)
9 >>>
10 >> There are no use flags defined for any of the packages I did a random
11 >> check for, either on the server or the client.  I am worried that it is
12 >> as you say: that the ebuild has a change of USE flags, which, of course,
13 >> has nothing to do with me, the user.
14 > As already stated, any USE flag changes would appear in the emerge
15 > output, this is most likely caused by --changed-deps. Try with
16 > --changed-use but without --changed-deps to see.
17 >
18 >
19 I have introduced that into my build script.  But, if it's as you say,
20 the one is a subset of the other, it should have no effect on the
21 output, right?

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Re: [gentoo-user] What does emerge status R mean? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>