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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge all but...
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:13:57
Message-Id: AANLkTinI5B-sBxw0ztTqhMV7DjPQ1j3rohXYLnpna7QX@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] emerge all but... by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:55 AM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > is it possible to emerge all missing dependencies of a certain
5 > application without emerging the application itself? And: Will
6 > I hurt the system that way?
7 >
8 > Best regards,
9 > mcc
10
11 ???
12
13 emerge -DuN application
14
15 ???
16
17 What am I missing in the question?
18
19 Test it on a clean app with no dependencies missing. It should emerge
20 nothing. Then emerge -C one dependency and try it again. It should
21 pick up that dependency but not emerge the app itself.
22
23 You will not hurt your system doing that command.
24
25 - Mark

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge all but... meino.cramer@×××.de
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge all but... "Crístian Viana" <cristiandeives@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge all but... Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>