Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -f

2007-05-22 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Tuesday 22 May 2007 08:01:19 Naga wrote: > > So, does the emptytree (-e) option basically tell it that you don't > > have ANYTHING instlled where it should be? :P > > Yes, it empties the depend tree. So portage thinks that no software is > installed. That's an implementation detail that used to

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -f

2007-05-21 Thread Dale
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > So, does the emptytree (-e) option basically tell it that you don't > have ANYTHING instlled where it should be? :P > > Well, if you do a emerge -e world, it will recompile everything on your system. I do mean everything. On mine it takes a little over 48 hours.

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -f

2007-05-21 Thread Naga
On Tuesday 22 May 2007 07:42:57 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So, does the emptytree (-e) option basically tell it that you don't > have ANYTHING instlled where it should be? :P Yes, it empties the depend tree. So portage thinks that no software is installed. -- Naga -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing

RE: [gentoo-user] emerge -f

2007-05-21 Thread burlingk
> -Original Message- > From: Dale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 2:26 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -f > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > If I use emerge -f on a package, will it fetch t

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -f

2007-05-21 Thread Dale
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If I use emerge -f on a package, will it fetch that packaged > dependencies as well? > > For instance, if I use 'emerge -f xorg-x11', will it check the system, > then download > everything that it needs to install that package? > > If I were to use 'emerge -uf world', wou