Hi! > Why does portage want to emerge package which I do not have installed > when I do a "emerge -uDp world". I tought that the -u switch only would > search for installed ebuilds.
Well if an updated package has a new dependency then it will be emerged. > > emerge -Dup world > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > Calculating world dependencies ...done! > [ebuild N ] dev-util/indent-2.2.9 > [ebuild N ] net-libs/linc-1.0.3 > [ebuild N ] gnome-base/ORBit2-2.6.3 > [ebuild N ] gnome-base/gconf-2.2.1 > [ebuild N ] gnome-base/bonobo-activation-2.2.3 > [ebuild N ] gnome-base/libbonobo-2.2.3 > [ebuild N ] gnome-base/libgnomecanvas-2.2.1 > [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libxslt-1.0.31 > [ebuild N ] gnome-base/gnome-mime-data-2.2.1 > [ebuild N ] net-nds/portmap-5b-r7 > [ebuild N ] app-admin/fam-oss-2.6.10-r1 > [ebuild N ] gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.2.5 > [ebuild N ] gnome-base/libgnome-2.2.3 > [ebuild N ] gnome-base/libbonoboui-2.2.3 > [ebuild N ] gnome-base/libgnomeui-2.2.2 > [ebuild N ] media-sound/grip-3.1.1-r1 > [ebuild N ] x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme-1.0.6 > [ebuild N ] x11-themes/gtk-engines-2.2.0 > [ebuild N ] x11-themes/gnome-themes-2.2.2-r1 > [ebuild N ] dev-db/mysql-4.0.14 > [ebuild U ] dev-perl/Storable-2.07-r1 [2.07] > [ebuild N ] x11-misc/commonbox-utils-0.4 > [ebuild N ] x11-themes/commonbox-styles-0.6 > [ebuild N ] x11-wm/blackbox-0.65.0-r1 > [ebuild U ] x11-libs/qt-3.1.2-r4 [3.1.2-r3] > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/coreutils-5.0-r1 [5.0] > [ebuild N ] net-mail/pine-4.56 > [ebuild N ] net-p2p/dctc-0.85.4 > > Thanks! Better do "emerge -Dupv world" so that you can see the USE flags. Cheers, Renat -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
