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From: Bert Swart <bertswart@××××××.nl>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - why doesn't it update my kde packages
Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 10:18:11
Message-Id: 20100504101729.GB6232@gentoo_schaapje.arnhem.chello.nl
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - why doesn't it update my kde packages by Helmut Jarausch
1 On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 12:09:25PM +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2 > On 4 May, Bert Swart wrote:
3 > > On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 10:57:10AM +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
4 > >> Hi,
5 > >> the following situation puzzles me a lot.
6 > >>
7 > >> My 'standard' way of updating is
8 > >> emerge --keep-going -j4 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep --tree @system @world
9 > >>
10 > >> but it didn't update anything.
11 > >>
12 > >> Still, eix confirmed there were quite a lot of kde packages which have
13 > >> newer versions, and indeed,
14 > >> emerge -auv1 -j4 --keep-going $(qlist -IC kde-base/)
15 > >> upgraded 24 packages.
16 > >>
17 > >> Where does this discrepancy come from?
18 > > Do you have --with-bdep set in /etc/make.conf?
19 >
20 > No. Are you saying that
21 > emerge --keep-going -j4 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep --tree --with-bdeps y @system @world
22 > would have updated my kde packages, as well?
23 Probably. Sometimes, not all packages are included as dependency
24 if they are not strictly required. If you do want them to be
25 upgraded, add --with-bdeps to EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS in
26 /etc/make.conf. Or, like you did, upgrade them manually...
27 See also http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/doc/faq.xml
28 >
29 > Thanks,
30 > Helmut.
31 >
32 >
33 >
34 >
35 > --
36 > Helmut Jarausch
37 >
38 > Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
39 > RWTH - Aachen University
40 > D 52056 Aachen, Germany
41 >

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