On 10/7/03 4:03 pm, "Dmitry Suzdalev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [ebuild U ] sys-apps/grep-2.5.1-r1 [2.5-r1]
> [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libxml-1.8.17-r2
> [ebuild N ] gnome-base/libglade-0.17-r6
> [ebuild U ] sys-apps/module-init-tools-0.9.12 [0.9.11-r3]
...
>
> The question is: What are those new ('N') packages? Why might I need iputils
> for example? I don't use them at all.
> And I'd be very grateful if some one could point out what packages depend on
> that 'N's?
> May be its because some new USE-flags in make.globals?
I always run emerge with the -pv options, instead of just -p.
EG:
emerge -upv world --deep
...
[ebuild N ] dev-perl/gtk-perl-0.7008-r9
[ebuild N ] media-gfx/gimp-1.2.4 +python +nls -gnome +aalib +perl -doc
+jpeg +png -tiff -doc
[ebuild N ] net-ftp/curl-7.10.5-r1 +ssl -ipv6 -ldap
[ebuild N ] sys-apps/pciutils-2.1.10-r1
[ebuild N ] sys-apps/usbutils-0.11-r1
[ebuild N ] sys-apps/hotplug-20030501-r2
[ebuild N ] net-print/cups-1.1.19 +ssl -slp +pam
[ebuild U ] dev-libs/libxml2-2.5.7 [2.5.6] +python +readline
[ebuild N ] net-print/foomatic-2.0.0
[ebuild N ] media-gfx/gimp-print-4.2.5 +cups -doc +nls
[ebuild UD] app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.2.7 [1.2.7-r2] +krb4
[ebuild U ] dev-perl/TermReadKey-2.21 [2.19-r1]
[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-0.2.8
[ebuild N ] dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.1 -doc
[ebuild U ] dev-libs/libxslt-1.0.30-r1 [1.0.30] +python
[ebuild N ] net-libs/c-client-2002d +ssl
[ebuild N ] dev-perl/DB_File-1.803-r2
The red & blue "+foo -bar" indicates which USE flags the packages will
implement. I tend to use this to tweak my settings. Someone else has also
suggested using `qpkg`, which is probably better.
Stroller.
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