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On 01/01/2012 05:54 PM, Claudio Roberto França Pereira wrote: |
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> Actually, -u doesn't mean update, means filter packages that are not |
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> updatable (are already the most recent version). |
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> It's a filter option, not an action. Portage doesn't work with actions. |
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I can see that this view is logically consistent, however, |
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--update (-u) |
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Updates packages to the best version available, which may not |
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always be the highest version number due to masking for testing |
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and development. Package atoms specified on the command line are |
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greedy, meaning that unspecific atoms may match multiple ver‐ |
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sions of slotted packages. |
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