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From: burlingk@×××××××××.mil
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] emerge -f
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 05:13:15
Message-Id: AA0639A1EB70AE409130258CE7BDC31806646AE2@messenger.cv63.navy.mil
1 If I use emerge -f on a package, will it fetch that packaged
2 dependencies as well?
3
4 For instance, if I use 'emerge -f xorg-x11', will it check the system,
5 then download
6 everything that it needs to install that package?
7
8 If I were to use 'emerge -uf world', would there be a huge number of
9 packaged downloaded?
10
11 ^_^
12
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14 Ken
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