On Monday 19 September 2005 15:00, gentuxx wrote: > does updating a package for a security fix using the "--oneshot" option > update the same package that is "housed" in the "world" tree?
There is no world "tree". There is only a "list". --oneshot has no affect on this list. > If so, can I assume that the same package will be updated next time I > update "world"? Meaning, if I run "--oneshot" for > mozilla-firefox-1.0.6-r7 and mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-r1 comes out, will > 1.0.6-r7 be upgraded to 1.0.7-r1? If it was in the world list prior to you running --oneshot, it'll still be in the world list afterward. Hence, it will be updated with world. > If every security fix comes out with "--oneshot" being recommended, > how do I know if it's a dependency of a package in world, or an entity > in world? (This seems like an extension of the questioning above.) What does it matter in the context of a security update? > Also, for the most recent firefox update, I would run the command as > recommended with the "-p" flag, and it would see the package. If I > run "emerge -Dupv mozilla-firefox" I only get a few of the (supposed) > dependencies, and not the package itself, while the package installed > (when I do "emerge search mozilla-firefox") is 1.0.6-r5. If that is the case then 1.0.6-r5 is the latest version available for you with respect to your current snapshot of the tree. -- Jason Stubbs
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