On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Dale <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I normally do "emerge -uDvN @world" (or in other words "emerge >> --update --deep --verbose --newuse @world"). Right now, it tells me >> this: >> >> Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB >> >> I also --depclean on a regular basis to remove any unneeded packages. >> Right now, it tells me this: >> >> No packages selected for removal by depclean >> >> Based on those two commands, I'm led to believe I have a fully updated >> system. So, then, I am curious why when I do "emerge -e @world" it >> tells me this: >> >> Total: 1432 packages (9 upgrades, 2 downgrades, 14 new, 1407 >> reinstalls, 1 interactive), Size of downloads: 76,235 kB >> >> How is that possible? Where do those upgrades, downgrades and new >> packages come from? What is missing from my traditional "-uDvN" >> command that is causing me to miss some of those updates? >> >> Thanks, >> Paul >> >> >> > > > Read a few of the other posts, make sure that @world is including the > system set. Either just use world with no @ or do a @system and @world. > > --depclean should have mentioned that when you ran it too. It does here > but you may be on a different version than I am.
Thanks for that, I didn't realize there was a difference between "@world" and "world". I've looked at the sets.conf file but honestly it is over my head. My "world_sets" file does include @system, though, so hopefully there was nothing wrong in that regard. Thanks, Paul
