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To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:04:11
Message-Id: 87od7rgr4g.fsf@newsguy.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008 by Mark Knecht
1 "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@×××××.com> writes:
2
3 > eix-sync
4 > eix-test-obsolete
5 > emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world
6 > emerge -p --depclean
7 > emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world
8 > revdep-rebuild -p
9 > eix-test-obsolete
10 >
11 > Assuming everything is totally clean, or at least understood, now I
12 > change the profile and repeat the above tasks.
13
14 What does it mean or what is called for if eix-test-obsolete returns
15 hundreds of packages?
16
17 Installed packages with a version not in the database (or masked):
18
19 [U] app-admin/eselect (1.0.2@07/21/06 -> (~*)1.0.11-r1): Modular
20 -config replacement utility
21
22 [...]
23
24 [U] x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme (2.14.2@07/24/06 -> (~*)2.22.0): GNOME
25 2 default icon themes
26 [D] x11-themes/hicolor-icon-theme (0.8@07/24/06 -> ??): Fallback theme
27 for the freedesktop icon theme specifica\
28 tion
29 [U] x11-wm/twm (1.0.1@07/21/06 -> (~*)1.0.4): X.Org twm application
30
31 *** Found 348 matches. **** [emphasis addded -ed]
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008 Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>