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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] update problems
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 20:12:01
Message-Id: 55FDC16E.9070604@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] update problems by Neil Bothwick
1 On 19/09/2015 22:05, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 >> media-video/ffmpeg:0
3 >> >
4 >> > (media-video/ffmpeg-2.6.3:0/54.56.56::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for
5 >> > merge) pulled in by (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages
6 >> > in this slot)
7 >> >
8 >> > (media-video/ffmpeg-2.2.14:0/52.55.55::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
9 >> > media-video/ffmpeg:0/52.55.55=[vdpau] required by
10 >> > (media-libs/mlt-0.9.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
11 >> > ^^^^^^^^^^^
12 > These are unimportant, it is simply portage telling you it is not
13 > updating some packages to the latest available and why. Personally, I
14 > believe this sort of output should only be shown when using --verbose.
15 >
16
17 <head_slap>
18
19 Of course! I'm so used to dealing with portage output I always fail to
20 spot the mere info messages that are not problems. Like now.
21
22 I also never not see these things, I have "--verbose" in
23 EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS. Yes I know it clutters the screen and most of it is
24 useless, but it also satisfies my OCD obsessions to know everything all
25 the time
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29 --
30 Alan McKinnon
31 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com