On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 at 21:04, n952162 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Assuming no "emerge --sync" has been done, e.g. > > I've been using -u to mean, "don't update if there's nothing new" (which > I would actually think would be the default). Maybe that's wrong? -n > is better?
In my book, there's only one reason to ever use -n, and that's if you've installed a package with -1 (--oneshot), and want to add it to your world file, so that it doesn't get depcleaned. Use -u for your regular system updates. Regards, Arve
