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zlg wrote: |
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> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 01:22:57PM -0600, Dale wrote: |
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>> Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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>>> On 2018-02-27 11:02, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>>>> A combination of --changed-deps, --with-bdeps=y and --deep is bound to |
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>>>> result in plenty of unnecessary re-emerging. |
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>>> So, what _is_ the recommended set of emerge flags for regular daily or |
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>>> weekly updates (assuming no binary packages)? |
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>> Over the years, I've ended up with this command and options set that |
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>> seem to work pretty well for most everything. This is in make.conf: |
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>> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps y --backtrack=100 --keep-going -v -j5 |
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>> --quiet-build=n -1 --unordered-display" |
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>> After I run eix-sync, I then run emerge -uaDN world and give the updates |
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>> a looking over, to make sure the USE flags are like I want etc etc. I |
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>> started out with fewer options but as issues popped up or options were |
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>> added that made things work better, they were added. Some are done in |
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>> make.conf to make sure they are the default for every command, unless I |
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>> override it on the command line. So far, it has resulted in a fairly |
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>> stable system even if I have some arch packages installed, KDE for |
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>> example. |
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>> As usual, you may need something different but that has worked for me |
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>> and could be a starting point at least. |
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>> Hope that helps. |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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>> P. S. On the rare occasion I want to add something to the world file, I |
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>> either do it directly or use --select y to override the -1 in |
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>> make.conf. That helps keep the world file from getting cluttered up to |
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>> no end with things that shouldn't be there. |
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> I recently took --oneshot out of EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS due to failing to |
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> find --select y; now I can add it back in. Thanks for the tip! |
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> ~zlg |
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For a while, I had to remove it to add things to the world file, or add |
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it directly. I don't know if the option wasn't there or I just couldn't |
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find it. Either way, it sure does help to have that on by default. |
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Without it the world file can easily turn into a mess. |
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Glad the post helped one person at least. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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