Daniel da Veiga wrote: > > I'll just quote the "emerge" man page, that is pretty clear there: > --snip > > Note the words "DIRECT dependencies". So, your command "emerge > --update --deep world" is in fact just "emerge world", because every > direct/indirect dependency is part of your world file. Your "way" made > "--update" useless, because a simple "emerge <package>" would update > the package. >
--snip > So, you "way" also made "--deep" useless. > This flags are there because they mantain portage in a way that you > can't easily break consistency by accident, and with that I mean > libraries and indirect dependencies. Yes, and I'll ask again what's the point of doing: "emerge world" or "emerge --update world"? If one doesn't use "--deep" not all the packages get updated. Thats what bothers me. Later on this mail you say that even you make "emerge -iDN world" on a daily basis. --snip > Also, the world file is a simple way to keep a package version (by > removing it from world), for instance, I don't wanna upgrade mysql > with my nightly "emerge -uDN world", so, its not in my world file. > Nothing prevents me of doing the same thing, right? ;-) > Also note that "indirect" dependencies can be a pain, and packages may > depend on a LOT of other packages, if you want an example, check > "emerge -euDt links -pv". You can check indirect dependencies! I just > say there are quite a few, and portage knows how to deal with all this > stuff (at least never proved me wrong). > Yes, and putting almost all of the packages in the world list does not prevent portage of doing its job. So who and why would use "emerge world" and "emerge --update world" ? -- Best regards, Daniel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
