Re: [gentoo-user] Re: update problems

2015-09-22 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 22/09/2015 17:55, James wrote: >> Dale gmail.com> writes: >> >> I usually remember --oneshot but if I'm tired or distracted I forget it. >> >>> To avoid this, I added it to my make.conf. When I *really* want to have >>> something in the world file, I can

[gentoo-user] Re: update problems

2015-09-22 Thread James
Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > I take a different approach, I have a set called temp in my world_sets. If > I want to try something out, I "echo cat/pkg >>/etc/portage/sets/temp" > then I can try it and keep it updated during the trial and not have to > worry about its deps. All I need

[gentoo-user] Re: update problems

2015-09-22 Thread James
Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > > I'll add --oneshot to the EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS= in make.conf. > >> I sometimes wonder why that isn't the default way. I guess because it > >> would confuse folks for a bit and because it has always been that way. > > One thing I see, is now you have a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: update problems

2015-09-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:03:19 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > The intended workflow is that if you emerge something, you know what it > is, you don't have to make further decisions about it and you want it in > world. > > @world, by definition, is the list of packages you want. That plus > @system

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: update problems

2015-09-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 22/09/2015 18:42, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:03:19 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> The intended workflow is that if you emerge something, you know what it >> is, you don't have to make further decisions about it and you want it in >> world. >> >> @world, by definition, is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: update problems

2015-09-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:35:10 + (UTC), James wrote: > > I take a different approach, I have a set called temp in my > > world_sets. If I want to try something out, I "echo cat/pkg > > >>/etc/portage/sets/temp" then I can try it and keep it updated > > >>during the trial and not have to > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: update problems

2015-09-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 22/09/2015 18:39, James wrote: > Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > > > >>> I'll add --oneshot to the EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS= in make.conf. > I sometimes wonder why that isn't the default way. I guess because it would confuse folks for a bit and because it has always been that

[gentoo-user] Re: update problems

2015-09-22 Thread James
Rich Freeman gentoo.org> writes: > So, kicking the overworked portage team with stuff like "Gentoo has a > lousy package manager" is not helpful and certainly violates the CoC. > I don't see that here. +1 > On the other hand, that doesn't mean that we all need to line up and > drink the kool

[gentoo-user] Re: update problems

2015-09-22 Thread James
Dale gmail.com> writes: > > I usually remember --oneshot but if I'm tired or distracted I > > forget it. > To avoid this, I added it to my make.conf. When I *really* want to have > something in the world file, I can either add it myself or use --select > on the command line to add it.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: update problems

2015-09-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 22/09/2015 17:55, James wrote: > Dale gmail.com> writes: > > >>> I usually remember --oneshot but if I'm tired or distracted I >>> forget it. > > >> To avoid this, I added it to my make.conf. When I *really* want to have >> something in the world file, I can either add it myself or use

[gentoo-user] Re: update problems

2015-09-20 Thread James
Daniel Frey gmail.com> writes: > For boost and ffmpeg, try running `equery depends ` and if no > result comes back it wasn't installed from a dependency. If it does say > another package is pulling it in, remove it from the world file by > using: `emerge --deselect ` - in the case of boost it

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: update problems

2015-09-20 Thread Dale
Daniel Frey wrote: > On 09/20/2015 11:07 AM, James wrote: >> Daniel Frey gmail.com> writes: >> >> >>> For boost and ffmpeg, try running `equery depends ` and if no >>> result comes back it wasn't installed from a dependency. If it does say >>> another package is pulling it in, remove it from the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: update problems

2015-09-20 Thread Daniel Frey
On 09/20/2015 11:07 AM, James wrote: > Daniel Frey gmail.com> writes: > > >> For boost and ffmpeg, try running `equery depends ` and if no >> result comes back it wasn't installed from a dependency. If it does say >> another package is pulling it in, remove it from the world file by >> using:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: update problems

2015-09-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:07:58 + (UTC), James wrote: > Yea, many of us forget the --oneshot option whilst admining about. > > This is a recurring theme. Didn't somebody post a scipt a while > back to do this for you in one effort. Then you read the list result > and decide which do remove