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From: Michael Schmarck <michael.schmarck@×××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: "emerge -DuvatN world" doesn't show all upgradeable packages
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:20:51
Message-Id: 5573059.kmkQssb8iy@schmarck.cn
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: "emerge -DuvatN world" doesn't show all upgradeable packages by Alan McKinnon
1 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote:
4 >> Well, I disagree. I want to install almost all of the KDE stuff,
5 >> but eg. not the PPP things, as I've got not use for that on that
6 >> system. But I still would like my world file *NOT* to be cluttered
7 >> with a gazillion of kde packages.
8 >>
9 >> The current system absolutely does not handle that just fine.
10 >
11 > Hmmm, well that's mostly just too bad.
12
13 Yes, it is, isn't it?
14
15 > The devs built the ebuilds to work the way the work because that's the
16 > sanest approach when your universe is all the users that there are.
17
18 Maybe not.
19
20 > But the portage tree builds are never going to do what you are asking.
21
22 Which majorly sucks, as there are good reasons why the packages
23 should NOT be the way they are right now.
24
25 Michael
26
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: "emerge -DuvatN world" doesn't show all upgradeable packages Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>