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From: Bo =?iso-8859-1?q?=D8rsted_Andresen?= <bo.andresen@zlin.dk>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -f
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On Tuesday 22 May 2007 08:01:19 Naga wrote:
> > So, does the emptytree (-e) option basically tell it that you don't
> > have ANYTHING instlled where it should be? :P
>
> Yes, it empties the depend tree. So portage thinks that no software is
> installed.

That's an implementation detail that used to be true but isn't any longer.=
=20
That's why it no longer says "[ebuild  N    ]" for all packages with -e.=20
Doing so caused problems with circular dependencies.

It just remerges everything in world and all their dependencies. Calling=20
it 'everything'  is wrong too as it doesn't do anything with packages that=
=20
aren't in world or a dependency of something in world.

=2D-=20
Bo Andresen

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