[gentoo-user] world favorites: pros and cons

[Daniel]

Good afternoon,


I would like to ask what advantages does one gain from (not) putting
packages in the world file?

I know the use of "emerge --oneshot <some-packages>" emerges packages
without recording them in the world set. I also know that all the
packages installed as dependencies don't get recorded in the world set
either.

I see only one advantage in this - the next time I do "emerge --update
world" the checking for available updates would be faster because the
world file doesn't contain all the packages that are actually emerged.

BUT...What happens if there are "critical" updates for packages not
listed in the world?
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