"emerge -uDpf" will give you the list of files needed by "emerge -uDp"
Yuval Scharf On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, David Gethings wrote: > OK, tell me to RTFM if you like, however I have read the doc on the > gentto website regarding emerge and have not found an answer. > > I know that a 'emerge -uDp world' will list all the packages I need to > install/update. Does 'world' include 'system' ordo I need to do that > seperately? > > Secondly, downloading all the packages over a 56k modem is a > non-starter. Espcially as I only have one phone line and a chatty wife. > ;). Is there a tool I could use to download the packages listed by > 'emerge -uDp world' onto my Debian box at work. > > If so I could then burn these packages to a CD and then install from the > CD. > > Cheers > > Dg > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
