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From: meino.cramer@×××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge all but...
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:43:59
Message-Id: 20100628174321.GB5856@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge all but... by Mark Knecht
1 Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> [10-06-28 19:16]:
2 > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:55 AM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote:
3 > > Hi,
4 > >
5 > > is it possible to emerge all missing dependencies of a certain
6 > > application without emerging the application itself? And: Will
7 > > I hurt the system that way?
8 > >
9 > > Best regards,
10 > > mcc
11 >
12 > ???
13 >
14 > emerge -DuN application
15 >
16 > ???
17 >
18 > What am I missing in the question?
19 >
20 > Test it on a clean app with no dependencies missing. It should emerge
21 > nothing. Then emerge -C one dependency and try it again. It should
22 > pick up that dependency but not emerge the app itself.
23 >
24 > You will not hurt your system doing that command.
25 >
26 > - Mark
27 >
28
29 Hi Mark,
30
31 thanks a lot!
32
33 You helped me!
34 Best regards,
35 mcc

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