On Wednesday, 30 July 2025 14:55:55 British Summer Time Dale wrote: > ... I tried using sets. All it did was create > more work. If I have something installed here, I use it, sometimes a > LOT. Therefore, I want them all to be as up to date as is available. I > found that even when I did have sets, the sets were in the world file > and being updated anyway. No real point in that when just putting for > example, kicad-meta, in the world file and skipping the sets. Some may > like it. I've read of people using and liking how it works. For me > tho, it was just more work. So, some of us long term users do just fine > without sets. :-D
On the other hand, I find life easier with everything in sets. I passed through a phase when I was reinstalling systems rather too often, and rather than sit here for hours doing piecemeal installations, it was much easier to start a set emerging and go and do something else while it got on with it. I sometimes install something to see if I like it, and it goes into @world. If I decide to keep it, it comes out of world and into a suitable set; otherwise I uninstall it. My world file is therefore usually empty, but now you've prompted me to check it and I see a few things in there that I thought I'd uninstalled. So, thanks for the reminder! Of course, now that my system is stable, more-or-less, I could revert to the usual way of working, but then I'd have some work to do. It could be done in a few commands; the harder part would be my having to mend my ways. :-) In case anyone's interested, this is my standard set of sets, in order of installation: $ ls -1 /etc/portage/sets # arranged by hand core base apps xorg plasma utils @core includes linux-firmware and gentoo-sources, which several @base packages require to have been installed. Many other schemes could be used, I'm sure, but mine is here for historical reasons; not hysterical, these days :-) -- Regards, Peter.
