Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update behavior

[Michael Mol]

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
> On 2012-01-01 5:13 PM, Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 01/01/2012 05:06 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Michael Orlitzky<michael@××××××××.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Using "emerge --update foo" adds "foo" to your world file. This is
>>>> responsible for pretty much every package that incorrectly found its way
>>>> into one of my world files.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any reason to desire the current behavior? I'd like to
>>>> suggest that
>>>> it be fixed, but want to be sure I'm not just being short-sighted.
>
>
>>> Pretty sure that's what -1 is for. I'm just getting the hang of it
>>> myself.
>
>
>> Well, I know what I'm *supposed* to do. My complaint is basically that I
>> sometimes forget to add -1 with -u, and that bad things happen as a
>> result.
>>
>> But why should I have to add -1 along with it? Is there any reason you
>> would ever want -u to add a package to your world file? If not, we can
>> avoid headaches in the future by making it do the sane (not harmful)
>> thing.
>
>
> Uh-oh...
>
> I've *never* used -1 unless I'm trying to fix a broken package by
> recompiling it... I've always just used
>
> emerge -vuDN world...
>
> Been doing it this way for 7+ years, and never had a problem, so my question
> is:
>
> What 'harmful' thing has been happening on/to my system all these years?

Probably nothing, because of your use of --deep and --newuse. That's
pretty much the way I upgrade software on my system.

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