Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update -> "the best version available"

2005-08-19 Thread Peter O'Connor
Holly Bostick wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: Hi, I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge pick, "the best version

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update -> "the best version available"

2005-08-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's not my choice of words. Look at packages.gentoo.org and search > ati-drivers. > Sorry. Didn't mean to imply you were making anything up. thanks, Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update -> "the best version available"

2005-08-19 Thread Holly Bostick
Mark Knecht schreef: > On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Mark Knecht schreef: >> >>>Hi, >>> I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the >>>--update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge >>>pick, "the best version available"? >>> >>>-

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update -> "the best version available"

2005-08-19 Thread Willie Wong
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 05:27:39PM +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: > Mark Knecht schreef: > > Hi, > >I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the > > --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge > > pick, "the best version available"? > > > > - Mark > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update -> "the best version available"

2005-08-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Holly Bostick schreef: > > > > media-libs/xine-lib > > Available versions: ~1_rc6-r2 1_rc8-r1 1.0-r2 1.0.1-r3 ~1.0.2 > > ~1.1.0 ~1.1.0-r1 > > > > However, if one was using ~arch, or had activated unstable for this > > package in /etc/por

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update -> "the best version available"

2005-08-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Knecht schreef: > > Hi, > >I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the > > --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge > > pick, "the best version available"? > > > > - Mark > > > > For those

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update -> "the best version available"

2005-08-19 Thread Holly Bostick
Holly Bostick schreef: > > media-libs/xine-lib > Available versions: ~1_rc6-r2 1_rc8-r1 1.0-r2 1.0.1-r3 ~1.0.2 > ~1.1.0 ~1.1.0-r1 > > However, if one was using ~arch, or had activated unstable for this > package in /etc/portage/package.mask, which should of course be "/etc/portage/packag

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update -> "the best version available"

2005-08-19 Thread Holly Bostick
Mark Knecht schreef: > Hi, >I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the > --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge > pick, "the best version available"? > > - Mark > For those wondering, here's the quote: --update (-u) Updates pack

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update -> "the best version available"

2005-08-19 Thread John J. Foster
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 08:01:42AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the > --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge > pick, "the best version available"? > Although I'm not totally sure, my reading is that it

[gentoo-user] emerge --update -> "the best version available"

2005-08-19 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge pick, "the best version available"? - Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list