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From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update behavior
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:19:37
Message-Id: 4F021F1F.3090807@orlitzky.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update behavior by Alan McKinnon
1 On 01/02/2012 04:11 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > cocktail
3 > Neil's suggestion of sets sounds like what you want here. Unfortunately
4 > it only works smoothly on first emerge (later on you have to dig
5 > through dep graphs to find the full dep list):
6 >
7 > First run emerge -p to find all the packages that will be pulled in,
8 > and add the whole lot to a set with a clear name that indicates it's
9 > function. Then emerge that set. As you discover further deps you can
10 > manually add them to the set
11 >
12 > It's quite a lot of extra work and you have to remember to do it, but
13 > it has the benefit of being somewhat self-documenting, at least in
14 > terms of having a record of what set pulled a package in initially.
15 >
16
17 Requires time travel, not a solution!

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update behavior Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update behavior Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update behavior Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>