On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 at 17:21, Dr Rainer Woitok <rainer.woi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > No, it is not a build dependency, but it is a part of the @system set, > > so it will always be included in any @system or @world updates you do. > > I would not bother updating it especially. > > Ok. But what if I just do, say > > emerge --ask --changed-deps --changed-use --deep --newuse \ > --update --with-bdeps=y firefox > > after syncing? Is this, too, guaranteed to always work, even if portage > itself is requiring an essential update?
Unless you're years behind on your portage updates, there should be no chance of getting any problems with this that could be fixed by upgrading portage. As long as you do world updates now and then, I don't think you'd ever have any problems. I stopped updating portage on its own many years ago, it's been fine. Regards, Arve
