On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 02:32:14 +0800, Andrew Lowe wrote: > > I usually stick with -U (--changed-use) instead, when emerging world. > > This only rebuilds packages when the flags *change*. Give that a > > go. > > > > > > Ahh, I see now what's going on. The problem is that if I do a > "-uD" now, and get just the updates, it just "kicks the 290 further > down the road" until I next do an "-NuD", which if memory serves has > always been the recommended way of updating - according to the gentoo > wiki/doco. I might as well get it over and done with now... > > Yes, just tested. "-uD" -> just updates. "-NuD" -> updates + > 290 odd rebuilds. >
-u is not the same as -U. The advice was to use -U instead of -N. Both look for USE flag changes, but -U only rebuilds if those changes affect your system. So use -uUD and all should be well. -- Neil Bothwick A real programmer never documents his code. It was hard to make, it should be hard to read
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