On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:43:30 +0100, hitachi303 wrote: > as far as I understand updating @system first should be safer and > easier to perform than updating @world directly. It was mention that > especially after updating the software after a somewhat long period > this might solve conflicts. I often do experience different and wonder > what the reason might be. > > The example today would work in both ways but @system shows problems > which @world does not have. Mostly those problems seem to be bigger to > the point where @system does not work but @world does or manual package > by package uninstalling and or emerging is required.
Emerging @world considers the whole dependency tree, so it should give better results. Emerging @system first is only recommended in cases where @world fails due to dependency issues, particularly circular dependencies. -- Neil Bothwick Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
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