Try the --emptytree option (with --pretend of course).

On 6/4/05, Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Because I've got way too much time at my hands *G*, I'd like to rebuild
> my entire system - IOW: I want to recompile all the packages that are
> currently installed.
> 
> How do I do that?
> 
> If I check how many packages are currently installed by running
> 
>         ls -1d /var/db/pkg/*/* | wc -l
> 
> I see that there are 1192. But if I count the number of ebuilds
> returned by
> 
>         emerge -Dep world
> 
> I get only 292. So "emerge -De world" would NOT re-compile everything
> that's on my system.
> 
> How can I recompile everything that's currently installed and avoid
> cluttering my "world" file with unneeded entries?
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> Alexander Skwar
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