Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild wants to emerge packages that don't exist anymore
Date:	Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:18:48
Message-Id:	`48CF0957.1050200@netspace.net.au`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild wants to emerge packages that don't exist anymore by Michael Sullivan

1	Michael Sullivan wrote:
2	> Is it safe to attempt to emerge current versions of packages to replace
3	> old versions that aren't available anymore?
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6	The stable version of revdep-rebuild used to use the last installed
7	version of a package when rebuilding. You could change this with the -X
8	option to use the latest available version.
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10	The unstable version of revdep-rebuild did this by default. I'm not
11	sure if that version has made it to stable yet - probably not by the
12	sounds of things, so try specifying -X.
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14	--
15	Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
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17	He who is known as an early riser need not get up until noon.