Wols Lists wrote: > On 20/02/2022 14:54, Arve Barsnes wrote: >> On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 at 15:40, Dr Rainer >> Woitok<rainer.woi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> But if I understand the "emerge" manual page correctly, >>> "--changed-deps" >>> causes a rebuild of a package, if one of its dependencies has been >>> re- >>> build, even though the package does not require the newer version of >>> the >>> dependency. So does it really make sense to have this option >>> hardcoded >>> in a script? Or does it just cause plenty of package rebuilds >>> without >>> any real effect? Likewise, what about "--deep"? Should I keep it? >> "--deep" seems like a good idea, to minimise the chance of trouble, >> but "--changed-deps" does indeed seem excessive. >> >> I also have "--oneshot" in my updates, although I'm not sure if this >> actually makes a difference on a world update. > > Oneshot just stops stuff being added by default to the world file, so > on an update it'll have no effect whatsoever. >> >> I also have "--backtrack=100" to minimise the risk of portage not >> being able to find an upgrade path for some troublesome package. Just >> as "--deep" it will add to the time portage needs to calculate what >> packages to update, but it feels like I've had less instances of >> upgrade path troubles since adding it to my regular world update >> command. > > :-) yes it seems most of my problems get solved by increasing > backtrack so maybe I ought to do that too ... > > What I'd also like is an option --dont-stop. Similar to keep-going, it > would kick in earlier. Keep-going only kicks in once the real emerge > is running. What I would like with dont-stop is if the dependency > calculation gives up, it would start emerging whatever it's found so > far. I've found when things really go pear-shaped updating a system > for the first time in yonks, looking at and updating what's updateable > enables the next attempt to get a little further, etc etc, until > suddenly everything updates. > > So basically, dont-stop would update everything it can. > > Cheers, > Wol > >
I like the sound of dont-stop too. Interesting. Dale :-) :-)
