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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Confused with the --oneshot option of portage.
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 22:48:02
Message-Id: 20060701234041.4ad2a5dc@hactar.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Confused with the --oneshot option of portage. by Remy Blank
1 On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 10:25:23 +0200, Remy Blank wrote:
2
3 > >> - If I first emerge a package, for example kmail, with emerge kmail,
4 > >> and later, during an upgrade phase, do an emerge --oneshot kmail,
5 > >> will kmail be removed from world ?
6 > >
7 > > That's one for the portage devs, but I don't /think/ so.
8 >
9 > I'm not a dev, but I'm sure that it will *not* be removed from world. I
10 > always use --oneshot for updates.
11
12 That's correct. If you use --oneshot, world is not touched at all,
13 nothing is added or removed.
14
15 There isn't, AFAIK, a portage option to remove a package from world,
16 although adding is easy with emerge -n.
17
18
19 --
20 Neil Bothwick
21
22 WinErr 01B: Illegal error - You are not allowed to get this error.
23 Next time you will get a penalty for that.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Confused with the --oneshot option of portage. Daniel Iliev <danny@××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Confused with the --oneshot option of portage. Alan McKinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za>