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From: Francesco Turco <fturco@××××××××.fm>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] emerge sets syntax (@world vs. world)
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:54:31
Message-Id: 1355313181.4605.140661165059833.3797A1E2@webmail.messagingengine.com
1 Hello.
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3 A couple of weeks ago I filed a bug because in the Installation Handbook
4 I found some references of the "world" set in emerge commands, as
5 opposed to "@world": https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445184
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7 The bug was closed as invalid, and I was told that:
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9 > sets with the @ prefix are a portage-2.2 feature, which is still hardmasked and thus not documented.
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11 The fact is that I have portage-2.1.11.37, not 2.2, and man emerge says:
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13 > When used as arguments to emerge sets have to be prefixed with @ to be recognized.
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15 One possibility is that documentation stick with the stable portage
16 package, not the testing one (I have a ~amd64 system only). But I
17 checked portage 2.1.11.31 (the latest stable amd64 portage package
18 version) and the previous phrase is there, too.
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20 I know it's not a very important issue, but I'd still like to know if
21 I'm wrong or not, and why.
22
23 Thank you.

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sets syntax (@world vs. world) Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sets syntax (@world vs. world) Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sets syntax (@world vs. world) Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>