Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	"John J. Foster" <Gentoo-User@××××××××××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update -> "the best version available"
Date:	Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:26:49
Message-Id:	`20050819151846.GD18840@may.frognet.net`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] emerge --update -> "the best version available" by Mark Knecht

1	On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 08:01:42AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
2	> Hi,
3	> I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the
4	> --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge
5	> pick, "the best version available"?
6	>
7	Although I'm not totally sure, my reading is that it will grab the
8	highest version marked stable. But I've been wrong before!
9
10	John
11	--
12	Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer.