On 13/04/2014 23:00, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, me again :-( > > (Apologies if I'm trying your patience - my own is wearing pretty thin.) > > I've discovered a problem in portage on the same Atom mini-server as I've > mentioned here recently. > > # emerge -epv world > --->8 > Total: 329 packages (329 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 595,566 kB > > # emerge -epvk world > --->8 > Total: 240 packages (240 reinstalls, 240 binaries), Size of downloads: 0 kB > > # emerge -epv world > list > # emerge -epvk world > listk > # diff list listk > > ...merely shows the contents of list, then the contents of listk, so clearly > the packages are being evaluated in a different order. > > # find /usr/portage/packages -type f | wc > 330 330 17879 > (The extra file is /usr/portage/packages/Packages, i.e. not a portage > package.) > > # alias emerge > -bash: alias: emerge: not found > > How is it possible for portage to emerge packages differently when it's > installing from packages? >
A proper answer involves posting the full verbose output of those emerge commands. Without that we can only guess. My guess is that USE is different between your Atom and your build host, so using -k causes a different set of package deps to be pulled in. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
