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From: "Thomas Landmann" <tom.landmann@upsidedownkingdom.org>
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Subject: RE: [gentoo-dev] emerge --pretend update questions.
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Is there a switch to tell emerge update to not remerge existing packages,
but to only emerge newer packages?

Tom

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org]On Behalf Of Peter Kadau
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 3:39 PM
> To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] emerge --pretend update questions.
>
>
> hi !
>
> > when executed on my current system, i see many lines of this:
> [snip]
> > Q1:  what does the R stand for?  i'm pretty sure i understand N
> and U, and
> > my first guess for R would be 'remove'.
>
> no, the only way to remove a package right now is this
> "ebuild /var/db/pkg/<cat>/<pkg>/<ebuild> unmerge"
> you cited.
>
> it just means "remerge", i.e. build and install again with your
> new USE flags and the like.
>
> > thanks,
> > j
>
> hth and is adequate
> ciao
> peter
>
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