Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to stem the flood of new packages?

[Dale]

Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2013-02-11, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>> Grant Edwards wrote:
>>> <whinge>
>>> I tried doing an "emerge -auvND world" today.  It's been three days
>>> since the previous update, and today portage wants to update 1 package
>>> and install _35_new_ones_.
>>>
>>> Seriously?  35 new packages that I have to install on Monday that I
>>> didn't have to have the previous Friday?  A few of them are virtual
>>> packages, but the vast majority are actual package that I neither want
>>> nor need (other than to satisfy a requirement imposed by a new USE
>>> flag that defaults to "on" when it should have defaulted to "off").
>>>
>>> I realize that every developer thinks think their pariticular package
>>> is the greatest thing ever and should be installed on everything since
>>> the TI SR-54 calculator, but this seems a bit silly...
>>> </whinge>
>>>
>> Well, use the -t option to see what pulls in what.
> I did.  I turned off about a half-dozen new USE flags and elminated 30
> of the new packages.  My point was that in general when new stuff is
> added, the default behavior should be "same as before" (IMO).
>
>> Also, disable some USE flags that you don't want/need.  Also, could
>> some of this be the profile change?
> Ah, that could be.  When the old profile went away I picked the
> generic "desktop" option.  Eselect didn't seem to be able to tell me
> what profile I had selected previously.
>


Well, like with everything else, I think they are working on making
eselect tell you what you had or "suggest" the replacement for you. 
Naturally, this is a few days late.  I think Alan pointed out this has
been happening a good bit here lately.  Does someone need a switch to
dust some britches with or what?  Someone is being naughty.  lol

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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