On 28/07/2013 18:47, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 28/07/13 19:08, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:49:46 -0400, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: >> >>>>>> emerge -av1 \$(qfile -q -S -C /usr/share/bash-completion) >>>>> >>>>> little syntax help: >>>>> >>>>> emerge -av1 $(qfile -q -S -C /usr/share/bash-completion) >>>> >>>> emerge -1a /usr/share/bash-completion >>> >>> Yes we learned this trick a month or two ago. >> >> Apparently, not all of us. > > And apparently not even the Gentoo dev who put that message in the > ebuild :-) > >
I'm still stumped about what this change is for or what it does. And I've read all the bugs, all the posts here - still stumped. I get a sense that it somehow has something to do with make the ebuild $MORE_CLOSELY resemble the $BEHAVIOUR of $UPSTREAM_DEFAULT Note the variables :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
