[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: emerge -DuvatN world doesn't show all upgradeable packages

2008-04-08 Thread Michael Schmarck
KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe he does have multiple versions installed of those packages. What For gcc: Yes. It's about time to dump gcc-3.4.6. is the output of for example: emerge -avP gcc ? $ emerge -avP gcc superuser access is required... adding --pretend to options. Calculating

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: emerge -DuvatN world doesn't show all upgradeable packages

2008-04-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: Maybe he does have multiple versions installed of those packages. What For gcc: Yes. It's about time to dump gcc-3.4.6. Yes, I see now. --depclean is removing old SLOTS and the original output is either very unverbose, or has been trimmed

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: emerge -DuvatN world doesn't show all upgradeable packages

2008-04-08 Thread Dale
Michael Schmarck wrote: KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe he does have multiple versions installed of those packages. What For gcc: Yes. It's about time to dump gcc-3.4.6. is the output of for example: emerge -avP gcc ? $ emerge -avP gcc superuser access is required...

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: emerge -DuvatN world doesn't show all upgradeable packages

2008-04-08 Thread Anthony Metcalf
Dale wrote: It's been a while but make sure you have switched to the new gcc and it is working fine before removing the old one. Nothing worse than removing gcc then finding out the new one isn't . . . functional. Sort of fun to fix. Dale :-) :-) Tell me about it! Hint: Don't then

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: emerge -DuvatN world doesn't show all upgradeable packages

2008-04-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:08:42 -0500, Dale wrote: It's been a while but make sure you have switched to the new gcc and it is working fine before removing the old one. Nothing worse than removing gcc then finding out the new one isn't . . . functional. Sort of fun to fix. NEVER unmerge a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: emerge -DuvatN world doesn't show all upgradeable packages

2008-04-08 Thread Dale
Anthony Metcalf wrote: Dale wrote: It's been a while but make sure you have switched to the new gcc and it is working fine before removing the old one. Nothing worse than removing gcc then finding out the new one isn't . . . functional. Sort of fun to fix. Dale :-) :-) Tell me about

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: emerge -DuvatN world doesn't show all upgradeable packages

2008-04-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:08:42 -0500, Dale wrote: It's been a while but make sure you have switched to the new gcc and it is working fine before removing the old one. Nothing worse than removing gcc then finding out the new one isn't . . .

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: emerge -DuvatN world doesn't show all upgradeable packages

2008-04-08 Thread Dale
Michael Schmarck wrote: Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:20:21 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote: Which majorly sucks, as there are good reasons why the packages should NOT be the way they are right now. Such as? Finer control, without

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: emerge -DuvatN world doesn't show all upgradeable packages

2008-04-08 Thread Michael Schmarck
Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:20:21 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote: Which majorly sucks, as there are good reasons why the packages should NOT be the way they are right now. Such as? Finer control, without cluttering the world file. Hint: uncluttering the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: emerge -DuvatN world doesn't show all upgradeable packages

2008-04-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:42:51 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: NEVER unmerge a system package without building a binary package first. Tut, tut. Neil, where's the fun in that? The fun is in learning the rule in the first place. It's like making backups, no one does it because someone else said

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: emerge -DuvatN world doesn't show all upgradeable packages

2008-04-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:36:45 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote: Which majorly sucks, as there are good reasons why the packages should NOT be the way they are right now. Such as? Finer control, without cluttering the world file. What could be finer than picking which packages you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: emerge -DuvatN world doesn't show all upgradeable packages

2008-04-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:20:21 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote: Which majorly sucks, as there are good reasons why the packages should NOT be the way they are right now. Such as? Finer control,