On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:41:14 +0100, hitachi303 wrote: > >> as far as I understand updating @system first should be safer and > >> easier to perform than updating @world directly. It was mention that > >> especially after updating the software after a somewhat long period > >> this might solve conflicts. I often do experience different and > >> wonder what the reason might be. > >> > >> The example today would work in both ways but @system shows problems > >> which @world does not have. Mostly those problems seem to be bigger > >> to the point where @system does not work but @world does or manual > >> package by package uninstalling and or emerging is required. > > > > Emerging @world considers the whole dependency tree, so it should give > > better results. Emerging @system first is only recommended in cases > > where @world fails due to dependency issues, particularly circular > > dependencies. > > That is what I learnd but my experience is that @system has often more > dependency issues than @world.
Exactly, which is why @world should be the first attempt, but there are times when it fails while @system will succeed. > Your signature is always a reason to read your emails even when the > subject is not appealing. > . :-) -- Neil Bothwick Accordion: a bagpipe with pleats.
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