Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > Wol, > > On Sunday, 2022-02-20 14:56:20 +0000, you wrote: > >> ... >> But --deep - that's to do >> with a dependency changing USE flags, and it will block a depclean if >> you don't do it. > Thanks for the reminder! This is in fact mentioned in every output from > "emerge --depclean" and thus develops a high probability of being ignor- > ed ... :-) > > So my script will keep "--deep" when "--update" is specified. But what > about "--changed-deps"? Can nobody on this list explain what it really > is or isn't good for, or when to use or not to use it? > > Sincerely, > Rainer > >
I read what the man page says. For me, it isn't very clear. I'm sure you read it and came to the same conclusion. This is my thoughts, and I am certainly capable of being very wrong here. Lets say package A depends on package B. Package B changes and could affect package A. The --changed-deps should trigger a rebuild/reinstall of package A. Sometimes package A can link to parts of package B and changing package A can affect that if there is a sizable change. It may even make package A not work or crash. That's my thinking. Like I said, I could be wrong or have it backwards. The man page just isn't worded in a way that makes sense to me. Of course, I don't have a decoder for emerge either. :/ Anyone have a better explanation?? Dale :-) :-) P. S. I tried tkman to read man pages. It pukes a error and doesn't work. Something changed in the man command and I don't like it. I'm looking for a GUI man page tool. Any ideas? Off list if needed. I noticed this when trying to read the emerge man page.
