2009/1/13 Chris Lieb <chris.l...@gmail.com>: > I've noticed lately on the ML that people have been talking about using > package sets, such as @world and @installed. I figured it was a part of > portage 2.1.6* since using @world with 2.1.4* would result in an error > message about an invalid package atom. However, after upgrading to > portage 2.1.6.4, I still get the same error when doing something like > 'emerge -up @world'. > > What are these package sets? What is the difference between 'emerge -up > world' and 'emerge -up @world'? Why don't these package sets ever work > for me? > > Thanks, > Chris > >
You can use sets since portage-2.2. There is no sets in 2.1 branch. -- Best regards, Mikheev Nikolay