Paul Hartman wrote: > 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 > > >
I think most installs have the system set included in world for now but that may change in the future. As I have posted on -dev, I see the serious need for the sets but I wish to continue using the plain world and it update all the packages that need updating. I think the plain world will be around for a while. There were others that agreed with that thought. As I pointed out, if it has a @ in front, you are in the sets section. If not, then it is the old way. Dale :-) :-)
