Re: [gentoo-user] what's the difference between the emerge options -u and -n?

[Arve Barsnes]

On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 at 21:04, n952162 <n952162@×××.de> wrote:
>
> Assuming no "emerge --sync" has been done, e.g.
>
> I've been using -u to mean, "don't update if there's nothing new" (which
> I would actually think would be the default).  Maybe that's wrong?  -n
> is better?

In my book, there's only one reason to ever use -n, and that's if
you've installed a package with -1 (--oneshot), and want to add it to
your world file, so that it doesn't get depcleaned. Use -u for your
regular system updates.

Regards,
Arve