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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] portage inconsistency?
From: Tim Allingham <deserted@westnet.com.au>
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On Sun, 2007-08-05 at 16:32 +0200, Bo =D8rsted Andresen wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 July 2007 00:46:08 maxim wexler wrote:
> > So, emerge portage results in one package being
> > installed, portage, 61kb.
> >
> > emerge -u portage lines up 5 or 6 packages plus
> > portage, 18Mb.
> >
> > Went ahead and just did the one package, figuring
> > later I could do an emerge -u for the rest of it.
> >
> > But this is what happens:
> >
> > heathen@localhost ~ $ emerge -pv portage
> >
> > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> >
> > Calculating dependencies... done!
> > [ebuild   R   ] sys-apps/portage-2.1.2.9  USE=3D"-build
> > -doc -epydoc (-selinux)" LINGUAS=3D"-pl" 0 kB
> >
> > Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0
> > kB
> >
> > What I expected.
> >
> > heathen@localhost ~ $ emerge -puv portage
> >
> > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> >
> > Calculating dependencies... done!
> >
> > Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB
> >
> > So why doesn't it list the upgrade part now?
>=20
> Because --update stops calculating deps when none of the specified target=
s=20
> need updating. Only --deep checks the consistency of all dependencies eve=
n=20
> when none of the targets need updating. You could argue it's a deficiency=
 in=20
> portage (although well-known)..
>=20

meaning that an emerge -pvuD world/portage should show the upgrades

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