On 31/07/2014 10:12, Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: >> On Thursday 31 Jul 2014 06:14:56 J. Roeleveld wrote: >> >>> I always check the list from depclean to see if there is any package and/or >>> version that I am actually using. If yes, I add it to the world file. >>> (Emerge --noreplace) >> I don't add packages to my world file, let alone specific versions, unless I >> want them to be there. I let portage manage versions and dependencies. > > If you don't add anything to your world file, how do you keep anything > installed and updated? Unless you just use sets, which is basically the > same thing as putting a package in world, then it should be in the world > file. > > There are times when versions are required tho. I know I do that for my > kernel. I always keep my current kernel and my backup kernel version at > least. Every once in a while, I go through and clean them manually. > > For some people, there may be other packages that need to be done that > way. One of those "your mileage may vary" type things. ;-) > > Dale > > :-) :-) > > >
I think Mick means more that he doesn't like adding libs and modules and plugins to world, and doesn't mean the actual apps. So he would add a music player to world, and let portage plus USE figure out which of the 500 odd bits of gstreamer to pull in and install -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
