Re: [gentoo-user] Use Flags and Updating

On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 04:49:57PM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> On 05/20/2014 10:13 PM, Matti Nykyri wrote:
> > On May 20, 2014, at 14:49, Alexander Kapshuk
> > <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com <mailto:alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>> wrote:
> >
> >> On 05/20/2014 02:40 PM, Hunter Jozwiak wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> *From:*Alexander Kapshuk [mailto:alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com]
> >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 20, 2014 7:44 AM
> >>> *To:* gentoo-user@l.g.o
> >>> *Subject:* Re: [gentoo-user] Use Flags and Updating
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 05/20/2014 02:37 PM, Hunter Jozwiak wrote:
> >>>
> >>>     Hi all. How do I get Portage to update all software to use my
> >>>     new USE flags? I made some modifications to the variable, and I
> >>>     want to make sure that all packages can use the flags.
> >>>
> >>> emerge(1)
> >>> -N -- --newuse
> >>>
> >>> Thank you.
> >>>
> >> No worries.
> >>
> >> Here's what I usually run when updating the world.
> >> Long version: emerge --ask --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse @world
> >> With '--with-bdeps=y' set in the file shown below:
> >> grep bdeps /etc/portage/make.conf
> >> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps=y"
> >>
> >> Short version: emerge -avuND @world
> >> -a [--ask]
> >> -v [--verbose]
> >> -u [--update]
> >> -N [--newuse]
> >> -D [--deep]
> >
> > And how to remember this... Make it a name:
> >
> > emerge -DuvaN @world
> >
> > Human mind is a complex organ ;)
> >
> > --
> > -Matti
>
> I just put this into a shell function.
>
> sed -n '/chkupd/,/}/p' .bash_profile
> chkupd(){
>     emerge --sync && emerge -avuND @world
> }
>

I run a script that syncs portage, updates @world, depcleans, revdep-rebuild
and finally runs dispatch-conf -- about once weekly. Keeps my system in fine
trim. :)