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On Fri, 18 May 2007 00:15:44 +0900 |
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<burlingk@×××××××××.mil> wrote: |
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> > -----Original Message----- |
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> > From: Dan Farrell [mailto:dan@×××××××××.cx] |
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> > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:52 PM |
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> > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] My only input on the subject of |
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> > circular dependencies |
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> > On Thu, 17 May 2007 09:18:40 +0900 |
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> > <burlingk@×××××××××.mil> wrote: |
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> > > My only input at this time (since I am a total newb when it |
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> > > comes to Gentoo), is this. |
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> > ... |
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> > > --- |
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> > > Ken |
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> > I think that's excellent advice Ken. I would add somewhere |
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> > between USEing sparingly and reading errors (windows people |
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> > in particular never seem to do this) that emerging -av is a |
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> > great idea, since it lists the use flags you're likely to |
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> > want to look over before going. Many a gray hair can be |
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> > avoided by a little extra work before sending the emerge through. |
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> > Don't give up newbies! It comes eventually, I swear. |
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> > -- |
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> > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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> Would -p work well with the -av (-avp) ? I have not looked over the -a |
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> and -v just yet, but I know that -p will make sure it doesn't actually |
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> change anything on the first attempt. :) |
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-a is just like -p except it gives you the option to start the merge |
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right away. I recommend it as a replacement to -p because it saves the |
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time of recalculating the dependancies if the USE flags are as you want |
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them. They are mutually exclusive: |
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| dan@pascal ~ $ emerge -p -a -v xorg-x11 |
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| >>> --pretend disables --ask... removing --ask from options. |
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