From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JjD61-0000uK-TS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:38:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9E2D9E07F6; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:38:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BE31E07F6 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:38:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id j3so662913ugf.49 for ; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:38:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=cIcjrAhoUaDH0eCCS3YqPlquYZPs+c3goiS/RitwYI4=; b=tpCnduIdHxTw/Iq9W5pXESOUS6icqKjrZpBiSmG0pv7Y/uoHrXyhVHMp7FvRgaHTN4vB7mWbTLw5cv04NAf2I8xwskG6BAf6A52Cy+0ax5nWx+jOhWEbBLHJPkk9oumNX1lv2CB8kIBzWJd9/u6CpBOUb8OawGm6QNQ0IdKWKYc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; b=vBwb1cJbrIQLfYTmn4tPh+tK95uJ9MgbY92t4gHNPUtK21Xa9pSBQptMSixfSsF68igMK2zf+knUYuChkHZVplcTDIVSEW8L6bJYVDbxMpm00qgRwfR5RhO7cmLEF3Skit0sLl/DHxT+dD760FKKWB6rCZrcSBYQVqjgXbZ/xt8= Received: by 10.78.45.13 with SMTP id s13mr13835932hus.12.1207658315357; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:38:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.200.116? ( [196.211.71.34]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z29sm4973933hub.18.2008.04.08.05.38.32 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:38:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: "emerge -DuvatN world" doesn't show all upgradeable packages Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:35:53 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <2577300.OLZLf1hHOn@schmarck.cn> <200804081252.21594.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <47FB60DA.2040009@bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: <47FB60DA.2040009@bellsouth.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200804081435.53137.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 7963859a-74b3-4a35-9a50-9374323def39 X-Archives-Hash: 6abdf7711898d1a305737daf2a383cec On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Dale wrote: > >> That will tell you packages that are installed and !may! not be > >> needed by other packages. Note all the warnings here? I have not > >> had anything serious removed by using this in ages but strange > >> things can happen. You need to be careful with this. Remove the > >> wrong thing and it can be a uphill battle to get it fixed. > > > > Like the fellow in the next desk this morning updating a machine > > that hasn't been touched since 2005 (!) > > > > He noticed a blocker with python-updater after 'emerge world' and > > was about to unmerge python and remerge the new one to get around > > the blocker ... > > > > Lucky I saw it in time... > > New friend for life I suspect. That would be a doozy for sure. I > haven't done that yet. I have :-) I've also removed (forcibly) all versions of gcc, portage, and glibc individually and all together. quickpkg is a nice thing to know about :-) Once I even merged busybox to the root filesystem. It overwrites all the Unix tools with symlinks to busybox. Cool, you get a tiny install that can go on an embedded device. BUT, busybox give you tar, it does not give you tar -o Guess which gentoo-specific app requires tar -o? Do I hear the word "portage"? Anyone?? -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list