Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] what's the difference between the emerge options -u and -n?
Date:	Sun, 29 Nov 2020 09:56:01
Message-Id:	`2563578.mvXUDI8C0e@peak`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] what's the difference between the emerge options -u and -n? by n952162

1	On Saturday, 28 November 2020 20:00:01 GMT n952162 wrote:
2	> Assuming no "emerge --sync" has been done, e.g.
3	>
4	> I've been using -u to mean, "don't update if there's nothing new" (which
5	> I would actually think would be the default). Maybe that's wrong? -n
6	> is better?
7
8	... or did you mean -N?
9
10	--
11	Regards,
12	Peter.