Chris Shelton wrote: >>> So when reading that list of dependencies I had, do we start at the >>> bottom and work up? For example below, blackdown is last, and >>> lib-compat is above it meaning blackdown will depend on it. And >>> lib-compat depends on libsdl? > > > In general, that is correct. Emerge will install packages starting from > the one listed last, and work up.
Sorry, in general this is not correct: emerge shows the packages in reverse order if and only if you use the --tree flag. Without -t the packages will be emerged exactly in the order shown from top to bottom. Just look what emerge itself says: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ # emerge -p world These are the packages that I would merge, in order: ...and on the other hand: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ # emerge -p --tree world These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order: Just don't miss that. :-) -- Andreas
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