On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 08:48:03PM +0100, Jarry wrote: > Hi Gentoo-users, > I always thought the right way to update everything was: > > emerge --update --deep --newuse world > emerge --update --deep --newuse system > > When I try the above mentioned, nothing to update is found. > Yet when I try i.e. "emerge --pretend nasm", I see: > > [ebuild U ] dev-lang/nasm-2.10.05 [2.10.01] > > So there is apparently update for dev-lang/nasm, yet it was > not pulled when I tried to update the "world" or "system". > And who knows for how many other ebuilds there is update > available... > > So how can I update really *every* ebuild?
This alias is in /root/.bashrc: alias ud='eix-sync && emerge -aDjNuv @world && dispatch-conf && emerge -a --depclean && revdep-rebuild -i && clear && exit' emerge -aDjNuv @world a = ask (Yes/No prompt -- don't waste time with --pretend) D = deep (consider the entire dependency tree of packages) j = jobs (no number after j means to run as many simultaneously as possible) N = newuse (pkgs with changed USE flags) u = update (to the best version available) v = verbose @world = world set "man emerge" would be very enlightening for you... It's important to sync (eix-sync) before you start, or your local portage tree won't have any new software; and equally important to check configs (dispatch-conf), clean out pkgs no longer needed (--depclean), and rebuild any deps (revdep-rebuild). Don' forget to read news (eselect news read). Running this ud alias every morning with coffee on no less than 8 Gentoo boxen on this LAN keeps everything updated, clean, and I'm usually one of the first to find new bugs. Well, since my test machine running ~amd64 is no longer in service, there are less bugs. But, still, there are enough bugs in amd64. Cheers, Bruce -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ [email protected] 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
