From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20707 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2004 13:59:18 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 19 Sep 2004 13:59:18 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1C92Dt-0006KK-O1 for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 13:59:25 +0000 Received: (qmail 20859 invoked by uid 89); 19 Sep 2004 13:59:17 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 1658 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2004 13:59:17 +0000 From: Ibraheem Umaru-Mohammed To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 14:59:44 +0100 Message-Id: <1095602384.22400.5.camel@rabox> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.0 Subject: [gentoo-dev] Tips/Tricks to avoid repetitively running 'emerge --pretend'? X-Archives-Salt: ff892e1e-2c03-4d27-8fbf-f40642ba7582 X-Archives-Hash: 606a6142963cb1a31509168263d38b84 Hi, Is there a better way to get a picture of the dependency tree that emerge walks? For example, when one wishes to unmask a package, it is possible that that package is itself dependent on other packages that require unmasking, and so on and so on. It's a little annoying having to: emerge -uDp world then echo foo-bar/baz >> /etc/portage/package.unmask then emerge -uDp world then echo qux-quux/corge >> /etc/portage/package.unmask Until all dependencies have been met. Are there any tricks or tips on how best to do this time-saving wise? Could the results be somehow cached so that subsequent runs are quicker? Or could the dependency tree be viewed somehow, so that the list of packages to unmask could be done in one step? Regards, --ibz. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list