James Colby wrote: >> >> >> If it were me, I would still do a emerge -e world, just to be sure. >> >> Dale >> > Does emerge -e world add anything to the world file? Do I need to add > the --oneshot option to this to keep my world file clean > > Thanks, > James
>From what I understand, it takes the packages listed in the world file and then pretends there is nothing emerged and builds a list. This will emerge everything in world plus their dependacies. It should not change your world file at all. I have done this several times when something goes weird on my system or upgrading gcc. You have a good plan to keep your world file clean though. Seems we are both learning to do that. O_O Basically, this rebuilds everything on your system from the ground up. That is why it takes so long. It's akin to rebuilding the whole house when you have a small leak in your roof. Of course, you have a new house this way. ;-) Also keep in mind "emerge --resume" and "emerge --resume --skipfirst". The first is in case you have to stop to reboot or something. The second is in case something fails to emerge and you want to rebuild it later. Make a note of what packages fail and the error. You may need that info later. Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
