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Nick Cunningham wrote: |
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> 2009/1/13 Chris Lieb <chris.lieb@×××××.com <mailto:chris.lieb@×××××.com>> |
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> I've noticed lately on the ML that people have been talking about using |
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> package sets, such as @world and @installed. I figured it was a part of |
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> portage 2.1.6* since using @world with 2.1.4* would result in an error |
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> message about an invalid package atom. However, after upgrading to |
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> portage 2.1.6.4, I still get the same error when doing something like |
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> 'emerge -up @world'. |
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> What are these package sets? What is the difference between 'emerge -up |
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> world' and 'emerge -up @world'? Why don't these package sets ever work |
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> for me? |
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> Thanks, |
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> Chris |
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> A set is basically just group of packages, you can either define you own |
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> using /etc/portage/ or using gentoo provided ones like @world and |
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> @system (which will replace the current emerge system/world usage |
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> eventually), aswell as useful sets such as @live-rebuild (any package |
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> that uses a cvs/svn/git eclass, so basically any -9999 ebuild) and |
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> @module-rebuild which is handy for rebuilding kernel modules. Also id |
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> imagine meta-packages will eventually move over to sets as it makes |
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> rebuilding everything or removing it much easier, currently theres only |
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> kde4 that makes large usage of sets but id imagine once portage 2.20 |
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> goes stable we'l see great set adoption. |
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> An easy way to see what sets are available is to use the emerge |
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> --list-sets command. |
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> -Nick |
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Thanks for the info. The @module-rebuild should come in handy. Any |
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idea on when we'll see 2.2* hit stable? |
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Thanks again, |
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Chris |
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