On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:37:19 -0600 Bruce Hill <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:15:10PM +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > > That's right. So --changed-use only reemerges the package if the > > change only affects your system, whereas -N will rebuild it even if > > the changed flag is of no interest to you, such as when a flag you > > were not using is removed. It saves recompiling packages for no > > reason, which is presumably the reason it was added, it is a newer > > option than -N. > > The purpose of -a (ask) is so you can see the stuff before taking > action, and if it needs rebuilding then do it. Nothing is rebuilt > just because it shows up in the output; but not seeing changes to a > package you use that were made is not too bright. A new capability merits a revision bump if it's significant enough that people need to see the change. I'm content to let the devs make that call, but that may be because I am not too bright.
