zlg wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 01:22:57PM -0600, Dale wrote: >> Ian Zimmerman wrote: >>> On 2018-02-27 11:02, Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> >>>> A combination of --changed-deps, --with-bdeps=y and --deep is bound to >>>> result in plenty of unnecessary re-emerging. >>> So, what _is_ the recommended set of emerge flags for regular daily or >>> weekly updates (assuming no binary packages)? >>> >> >> Over the years, I've ended up with this command and options set that >> seem to work pretty well for most everything. This is in make.conf: >> >> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps y --backtrack=100 --keep-going -v -j5 >> --quiet-build=n -1 --unordered-display" >> >> After I run eix-sync, I then run emerge -uaDN world and give the updates >> a looking over, to make sure the USE flags are like I want etc etc. I >> started out with fewer options but as issues popped up or options were >> added that made things work better, they were added. Some are done in >> make.conf to make sure they are the default for every command, unless I >> override it on the command line. So far, it has resulted in a fairly >> stable system even if I have some arch packages installed, KDE for >> example. >> >> As usual, you may need something different but that has worked for me >> and could be a starting point at least. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> >> P. S. On the rare occasion I want to add something to the world file, I >> either do it directly or use --select y to override the -1 in >> make.conf. That helps keep the world file from getting cluttered up to >> no end with things that shouldn't be there. >> > I recently took --oneshot out of EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS due to failing to > find --select y; now I can add it back in. Thanks for the tip! > > ~zlg
For a while, I had to remove it to add things to the world file, or add it directly. I don't know if the option wasn't there or I just couldn't find it. Either way, it sure does help to have that on by default. Without it the world file can easily turn into a mess. Glad the post helped one person at least. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
