Re: [gentoo-user] My only input on the subject of circular dependencies

[Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx>]

On Fri, 18 May 2007 00:15:44 +0900
<burlingk@cv63.navy.mil> wrote:

> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Farrell [mailto:dan@spore.ath.cx] 
> > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:52 PM
> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] My only input on the subject of 
> > circular dependencies
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 17 May 2007 09:18:40 +0900
> > <burlingk@cv63.navy.mil> wrote:
> > 
> > > My only input at this time (since I am a total newb when it
> > > comes to Gentoo), is this.
> > ...
> > > ---
> > > Ken
> > I think that's excellent advice Ken.  I would add somewhere 
> > between USEing sparingly and reading errors (windows people 
> > in particular never seem to do this) that emerging -av is a 
> > great idea, since it lists the use flags you're likely to 
> > want to look over before going.  Many a gray hair can be 
> > avoided by a little extra work before sending the emerge through.  
> > 
> > Don't give up newbies!  It comes eventually, I swear.  
> > -- 
> > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> 
> Would -p work well with the -av (-avp) ? I have not looked over the -a
> and -v just yet, but I know that -p will make sure it doesn't actually
> change anything on the first attempt. :)
> 
-a is just like -p except it gives you the option to start the merge
right away.  I recommend it as a replacement to -p because it saves the
time of recalculating the dependancies if the USE flags are as you want
them.  They are mutually exclusive:
| dan@pascal ~ $ emerge -p -a -v xorg-x11
| >>> --pretend disables --ask... removing --ask from options.
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