Re: [gentoo-user] What does emerge status R mean?

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On Sun, 16 May 2021 11:11:54 +0200, n952162 wrote:

> > My guess is that one of the USE flags changed.  Compare which USE
> > flags is it currently installed with and which it wants for the
> > reinstall.  It might even be that a USE flag changed in the ebuild,
> > even if it won't actually change what gets installed. (--changed-use
> > vs --new-use)
> >  
> There are no use flags defined for any of the packages I did a random
> check for, either on the server or the client.  I am worried that it is
> as you say: that the ebuild has a change of USE flags, which, of course,
> has nothing to do with me, the user.

As already stated, any USE flag changes would appear in the emerge
output, this is most likely caused by --changed-deps. Try with
--changed-use but without --changed-deps to see.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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