From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1H1GIZ-0004Vc-HC for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 01 Jan 2007 06:05:28 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l016327X031860; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 06:03:02 GMT Received: from customer-domains.icp-qv1-irony7.iinet.net.au (customer-domains.icp-qv1-irony7.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.128]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l015wwo3028554 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 05:59:01 GMT Received: from 203-59-158-116.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([203.59.158.116]) by customer-domains.icp-qv1-irony7.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 01 Jan 2007 13:58:57 +0800 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AlwPANQwmEXLO550UGdsb2JhbACHN4ZIAQEq X-IronPort-AV: i="4.12,222,1165161600"; d="scan'208"; a="474115581:sNHT15214752" Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F7C3660B21 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 14:58:56 +0900 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id lWX+x+gZmP2p for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 14:58:45 +0900 (WST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (rattus [192.168.1.2]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23DD35490FA for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 14:58:45 +0900 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: anti-portage wreckage? From: William Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <7573e9640612312035v28fd3eb0kb11444adc9d6447d@mail.gmail.com> References: <89646b4a0612241752i127b3c29iec9f88687085c6c@mail.gmail.com> <4597AA7A.2070302@planet.nl> <200612311341.12472.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <89646b4a0612311529p36468a62yebf35860f00da4b6@mail.gmail.com> <89646b4a0612311701q5b705e09n425c9c8e5a01a4c9@mail.gmail.com> <1167619510.13643.15.camel@rattus> <7573e9640612312035v28fd3eb0kb11444adc9d6447d@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Home! Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 14:58:44 +0900 Message-Id: <1167631124.13643.17.camel@rattus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c8f0ad4a-59d5-45fe-82f0-f95c06b569ba X-Archives-Hash: d4f973c23e412106313e04a0a68b2caf On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 21:35 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > On 12/31/06, William Kenworthy wrote: > > However, on most of my machines "system" is empty (went that way soon > > after each install - no idea why) so all I am left with is "world". > > What do mean? The "system" package set is defined by > /usr/portage/profiles/base/packages, and extended by the "packages" > file of whatever profile you are running. > > Does "emerge -evp system" really report no packages to merge? > > -Richard rattus ~ # emerge system -ep These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating system dependencies ... done! rattus ~ # 3 systems like this, one installed only a few months ago works. :) BillK -- William Kenworthy Home! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list