From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1REOby-00068T-Ki for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:58:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2CBEA21C0CA; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:58:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0017D21C0B0 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:58:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from flycatcher.gentoo.org (flycatcher.gentoo.org [81.93.255.6]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 63B601B4024 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:58:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by flycatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 617) id C84602004B; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:58:14 +0000 (UTC) From: "Sven Vermeulen (swift)" To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: faq.xml X-VCS-Repository: gentoo X-VCS-Files: faq.xml X-VCS-Directories: xml/htdocs/doc/en X-VCS-Committer: swift X-VCS-Committer-Name: Sven Vermeulen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Message-Id: <20111013165814.C84602004B@flycatcher.gentoo.org> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:58:14 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: docs-team@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: e1b2407b0ce8489733f14e624b79763a swift 11/10/13 16:58:14 Modified: faq.xml Log: Add information on --with-bdeps as per discussion on gentoo-dev Revision Changes Path 1.120 xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.= xml?rev=3D1.120&view=3Dmarkup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.= xml?rev=3D1.120&content-type=3Dtext/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.= xml?r1=3D1.119&r2=3D1.120 Index: faq.xml =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.119 retrieving revision 1.120 diff -u -r1.119 -r1.120 --- faq.xml 11 Sep 2011 08:43:18 -0000 1.119 +++ faq.xml 13 Oct 2011 16:58:14 -0000 1.120 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - + =20 Gentoo Linux Frequently Asked Questions @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ =20 -6 -2011-09-11 +7 +2011-10-13 =20 Questions @@ -204,14 +204,21 @@ =20

In fact, there is no difference between the various releases after they = have -been installed. Gentoo 1.4 and later are glibc-2.3.x based. As su= ch, -running emerge --sync && emerge -uDN world will bring you= r +been installed. Gentoo 1.4 and later are glibc-2.3.x (or higher) = based. +As such, running emerge --sync && emerge -uDN world will = bring your entire system up to speed with the "latest Gentoo". The differences betw= een individual releases lie in the installation medium and pre-compiled pack= ages. See the Gentoo Upgrading Guid= e for more information about profiles and their role in upgrading.

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+Also note that the emerge -uDN world command updates the packages= you +have installed as well as its dependencies, but not the build-time depen= dencies +(packages needed during builds but not when the software is installed). = To +update those as well, add the --with-bdeps=3Dy option. +

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