Hi Dmitry,
Nachricht vom Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2003, 17:03:51:
> Hello, list!
> I haven't synced for about a month, and now that's what emerge gives
> me: (Sorry for long list, but I need to leave it untouched so you
> can see all packages)
[...]
> [ebuild U ] sys-apps/net-tools-1.60-r7 [1.60-r6]
[...]
> [ebuild N ] net-misc/iputils-020927
[...]
> I'm an "x86" guy :).
> The question is: What are those new ('N') packages? Why might I need
> iputils for example?
ping, for example has been moved from net-tools to iputils.
> I don't use them at all.
I can't see how you can have a Gentoo-Machine (thus having Internet)
and live without ping.
> And I'd be very grateful if some one could point out what packages
> depend on that 'N's?
use "qpgk -q packagename" to find out which packages need a given
package. qpgk is in the package gentoolkit, btw.
> May be its because some new USE-flags in make.globals?
[...]
> Thanks in advance,
np
> Dmitry.
Timo
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