On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Paul Hartman wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I normally do "emerge -uDvN @world" (or in other words "emerge >>>> --update --deep --verbose --newuse @world"). Right now, it tells me >>>> this: >>>> >>>> Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB >>>> >>>> I also --depclean on a regular basis to remove any unneeded packages. >>>> Right now, it tells me this: >>>> >>>> No packages selected for removal by depclean >>>> >>>> Based on those two commands, I'm led to believe I have a fully updated >>>> system. So, then, I am curious why when I do "emerge -e @world" it >>>> tells me this: >>>> >>>> Total: 1432 packages (9 upgrades, 2 downgrades, 14 new, 1407 >>>> reinstalls, 1 interactive), Size of downloads: 76,235 kB >>>> >>>> How is that possible? Where do those upgrades, downgrades and new >>>> packages come from? What is missing from my traditional "-uDvN" >>>> command that is causing me to miss some of those updates? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Read a few of the other posts, make sure that @world is including the >>> system set. Either just use world with no @ or do a @system and @world. >>> >>> --depclean should have mentioned that when you ran it too. It does here >>> but you may be on a different version than I am. >>> >> >> Thanks for that, I didn't realize there was a difference between >> "@world" and "world". I've looked at the sets.conf file but honestly >> it is over my head. My "world_sets" file does include @system, though, >> so hopefully there was nothing wrong in that regard. >> >> Thanks, >> Paul >> >> >> > > I think most installs have the system set included in world for now but > that may change in the future. As I have posted on -dev, I see the > serious need for the sets but I wish to continue using the plain world > and it update all the packages that need updating. I think the plain > world will be around for a while. There were others that agreed with > that thought. As I pointed out, if it has a @ in front, you are in the > sets section. If not, then it is the old way.
Good point. I think I'll go back to using "world" instead of "@world", since when I say "world" I mean "everything" and "@world" does not (or may not) necessarily mean that. Paul
