On Sun, 17 Apr 2016 15:40:04 -0400, Philip Webb wrote:

> Also, I've always used '-v' rather than '-a', as it's simpler.

It's not simpler, it's different. -v clutters up the output with extra
information you may or may not need. -a saves running the dependency
calculations twice which is the case if you use -p and them emerge
without.

You can use -a with -v just as you can use -p without -v.


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Neil Bothwick

IBM: Itty Bitty Mentality

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