--- Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/5/06, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > /usr/portage/profiles/updates/2Q-2006 > > > > which contains the following: > > > > move net-wireless/madwifi-tools > > net-wireless/madwifi-ng-tools > > move net-wireless/madwifi-driver > > net-wireless/madwifi-ng > > These are instructions to portage to move things > around for installed > packages. For example, if someone had > net-wireless/madwifi-tools > installed, well that is now > "net-wireless/madwifi-ng-tools" in > portage. So portage needs to update the installed > package database in > /var/pkg/db to reflect the new name, so the user > continues to receive > updates for it. > > See 5.f at: > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=5#doc_chap6 > > > "update"? Is 2Q-2006 supposed to have anything to > do > > with emerge -u portage? It doesn't look like it. > But > > then what is it for? > > What you really should have seen was a message that > said "Applying > 2Q-2006 updates" or some such. Not a "go look at > this file" message. > > -Richard Thanks Richard, good link. I didn't mean to imply that I was advised to read that file. I mentioned it because I didn't recognize it from the last time I sync'ed portage. But your reply leads to other questions: IIRC portage didn't say "applying updates", it just mentioned the file at the end of the sync. Don't I have to run update to actually "apply" the updates? And, how do I prevent some updates and allow others. I have bandwidth issues;( -Maxim > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
