Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread John J. Foster
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 08:01:42AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge pick, the best version available? Although I'm not totally sure, my reading is that it will

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Holly Bostick
Mark Knecht schreef: Hi, I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge pick, the best version available? - Mark For those wondering, here's the quote: --update (-u) Updates packages to

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Holly Bostick
Holly Bostick schreef: media-libs/xine-lib Available versions: ~1_rc6-r2 1_rc8-r1 1.0-r2 1.0.1-r3 ~1.0.2 ~1.1.0 ~1.1.0-r1 However, if one was using ~arch, or had activated unstable for this package in /etc/portage/package.mask, which should of course be

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: Hi, I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge pick, the best version available? - Mark For those wondering, here's

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Holly Bostick schreef: media-libs/xine-lib Available versions: ~1_rc6-r2 1_rc8-r1 1.0-r2 1.0.1-r3 ~1.0.2 ~1.1.0 ~1.1.0-r1 However, if one was using ~arch, or had activated unstable for this package in

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Willie Wong
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 05:27:39PM +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: Hi, I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge pick, the best version available? - Mark snip So,

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Holly Bostick
Mark Knecht schreef: On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: Hi, I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge pick, the best version available? - Mark For those

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not my choice of words. Look at packages.gentoo.org and search ati-drivers. Sorry. Didn't mean to imply you were making anything up. thanks, Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Peter O'Connor
Holly Bostick wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: Hi, I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge pick, the best version