Re: [gentoo-user] portage inconsistency?

[Mark Shields]

On 8/5/07, Tim Allingham <deserted@×××××××××××.au> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-08-05 at 16:32 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> > On Tuesday 17 July 2007 00:46:08 maxim wexler wrote:
> > > So, emerge portage results in one package being
> > > installed, portage, 61kb.
> > >
> > > emerge -u portage lines up 5 or 6 packages plus
> > > portage, 18Mb.
> > >
> > > Went ahead and just did the one package, figuring
> > > later I could do an emerge -u for the rest of it.
> > >
> > > But this is what happens:
> > >
> > > heathen@localhost ~ $ emerge -pv portage
> > >
> > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> > >
> > > Calculating dependencies... done!
> > > [ebuild   R   ] sys-apps/portage-2.1.2.9  USE="-build
> > > -doc -epydoc (-selinux)" LINGUAS="-pl" 0 kB
> > >
> > > Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0
> > > kB
> > >
> > > What I expected.
> > >
> > > heathen@localhost ~ $ emerge -puv portage
> > >
> > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> > >
> > > Calculating dependencies... done!
> > >
> > > Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB
> > >
> > > So why doesn't it list the upgrade part now?
> >
> > Because --update stops calculating deps when none of the specified
> targets
> > need updating. Only --deep checks the consistency of all dependencies
> even
> > when none of the targets need updating. You could argue it's a
> deficiency in
> > portage (although well-known)..
> >
>
> meaning that an emerge -pvuD world/portage should show the upgrades
>
>
I just use emerge -DNavu world (can always substitute -p in there for emerge
-DNpvu world) - helps to make sure all packages are up to date, including
use flags for those packages.

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- Mark Shields