> > The man page states that > > emerge generates a list of packages which it expects > > to be installed by checking the system package list > > and the world file. > > > > Which brings me to my final questions...where is > > this package list? Is it, as one person already > > stated, simply the list of directories, etc. below > > /var/lib/pkg? And if it is, then how does one do an > > "emerge -Du" on the package list, not just the world > > list, thereby updating EVERYTHING on your system? > > > > The system package list comes from the profile linked > from /etc/make.profile. Portage uses stacked or > cascading profiles now so it uses all the "package" > files of your profile and all the ones inherited from > it's parents. > > In the emerge manpage it says that the system class is > a subset of the world class so "emerge -uDN world" > does everything. >
I do understand that but clearly on my system, "emerge -DuN world" does not do everything as it misses gdm. Searching back through my old emerge logs, I found that gdm was installed originally as part of the gnome class. Gnome has long since been removed and I am assuming gdm was missed in that removal process. Bottom line, at least from my perspective, is my original question stems from a fault of the way packages like gnome or kde are emerged and then subsequently unemerged. Maybe emerge should be keeping better track of the items in a package like gnome or kde and then "emerge -C gnome" would have have avoided this whole thread. :) However, now since I use gdm, I guess the only answer is that i should just edit /var/lib/portage/world and add gdm to it. End of story. Thanks. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
