[gentoo-user] emerge -u world won't update kde metapackages

[gentoo-user] emerge -u world won't update kde metapackages

[Robert Persson]

I emerged kde 3.4 using the metapackages (kdebase-meta, kdeaddons-meta etc.).  
However I now find that emerge -u world fails to update any of the component 
packages to their latest versions, which should all be 3.4.1(-r2/r3/etc).  I 
end up emerging newer versions individually (e.g. "emerge kopete") when I 
think I have a bug problem, which is obviously a clumsy way to do things.

I know I can "emerge kdebase-meta kdeaddons-meta kdeblahblahblah" to get 
things up to date, but is there a way to get portage to actually deal with 
kde nicely like it used to?

Many thanks
Robert
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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -u world won't update kde metapackages

[Dave Nebinger]

On Saturday 22 October 2005 04:07 pm, Robert Persson wrote:
> I know I can "emerge kdebase-meta kdeaddons-meta kdeblahblahblah" to get
> things up to date, but is there a way to get portage to actually deal with
> kde nicely like it used to?

Just "emerge kde", you don't need to work with the meta packages themselves.  
The kde is itself a meta package and will ensure the sub-packages are kept up 
to date (at least that's how it's been working on my box).

Dave
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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -u world won't update kde metapackages

[Thomas Matthijs]

* Robert Persson (ireneshusband@yahoo.co.uk) wrote:
> I emerged kde 3.4 using the metapackages (kdebase-meta, kdeaddons-meta etc.).  
> However I now find that emerge -u world fails to update any of the component 


try: emerge -uD world
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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -u world won't update kde metapackages

[Petteri Räty]

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Robert Persson wrote:
> I emerged kde 3.4 using the metapackages (kdebase-meta, kdeaddons-meta etc.).  
> However I now find that emerge -u world fails to update any of the component 
> packages to their latest versions, which should all be 3.4.1(-r2/r3/etc).  I 
> end up emerging newer versions individually (e.g. "emerge kopete") when I 
> think I have a bug problem, which is obviously a clumsy way to do things.
> 
> I know I can "emerge kdebase-meta kdeaddons-meta kdeblahblahblah" to get 
> things up to date, but is there a way to get portage to actually deal with 
> kde nicely like it used to?
> 
> Many thanks
> Robert

Use the --deep option. emerge -uD world. see man emerge for more
information.

Regards,
Petteri

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -u world won't update kde metapackages

[Robert Persson]

Thank you everyone!

I have now discovered that my problem was that I still had some monolithic kde 
packages hanging around alongside the metapackages (e.g. kdeedu instead of 
kdeedu-meta).  I think I'd been unmerging them one at a time and didn't get 
around to finishing the job.  Now that I have done so emerge -u world seems 
to be catching the kde updates the way it should.
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(US Air Force Instruction 91-111, 1 Oct 1997)

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -u world won't update kde metapackages

[Robert Persson]

Thank you everyone!

I have now discovered that my problem was that I still had some monolithic kde 
packages hanging around alongside the metapackages (e.g. kdeedu instead of 
kdeedu-meta).  I think I'd been unmerging them one at a time and didn't get 
around to finishing the job.  Now that I have done so emerge -u world seems 
to be catching the kde updates the way it should.
-- 
Robert Persson

"Don't use nuclear weapons to troubleshoot faults."
(US Air Force Instruction 91-111, 1 Oct 1997)

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -u world won't update kde metapackages

[Robert Persson]

[This is the third time sending this post because it doesn't seem to be 
showing up on the list.  Sorry if it ends up being a duplicate (or a 
triplicate).]

Thank you everyone!

I have now discovered that my problem was that I still had some monolithic kde 
packages hanging around alongside the metapackages (e.g. kdeedu instead of 
kdeedu-meta).  I think I'd been unmerging them one at a time and didn't get 
around to finishing the job.  Now that I have done so emerge -u world seems 
to be catching the kde updates the way it should.
-- 
Robert Persson

"Don't use nuclear weapons to troubleshoot faults."
(US Air Force Instruction 91-111, 1 Oct 1997)

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