From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4AAE215ACFB for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:31:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A2D91E092D; Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:31:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (mail.digimed.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2F58BE091D for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:31:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (shooty.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.4]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2FB5F14F597 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2023 16:31:25 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 16:31:19 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -U or emerge -N Message-ID: <20230411163119.108cc3c9@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <7867d53d-7dd0-0ae7-0f8b-49df3f85f8d9@gmail.com> References: <5e8036ee9b776c00ba985753373233369e92deea.camel@jroy.ca> <6bf5e613-ceb4-ee3d-e50a-bc18ee5ded28@gmail.com> <4825722.31r3eYUQgx@wstn> <489a7c7a-222b-15cb-4a30-dbb8882c6ab9@gmail.com> <20230411152640.7dbf0df6@digimed.co.uk> <7867d53d-7dd0-0ae7-0f8b-49df3f85f8d9@gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.1.1 (GTK 3.24.36; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/yt.bFMGD3=YF.JUL+whpFxY"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 X-Archives-Salt: 4ca93ad8-fe95-408f-b5d4-f59ce0e980d5 X-Archives-Hash: e6c44ba9a166002703989fa6ee88c915 --Sig_/yt.bFMGD3=YF.JUL+whpFxY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:18:13 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> When I say deeper, I mean it will find more packages that may not be > >> found otherwise. =20 > > And -e finds even more - but more is not always better. -U was > > introduced because -N was causing too many packages to be rebuilt > > unnecessarily. > Before those options came along, I would run emerge -e world to fix > problems.=C2=A0 Sometimes revdep-rebuild would catch things but sometimes= it > wouldn't.=C2=A0 Thing is, since I started using the current options, I ha= ve > few problems with package upgrades.=C2=A0 Sure, they have a known bug on > occasion but recompiling won't help that.=C2=A0 I'm just talking about > problems with one package not matching up with some other package and > recompile fixes it.=C2=A0 >=20 > To me, the fact it works so much better tells me I'm doing something > right.=C2=A0 Other people may get different results but as long as what I= 'm > doing works, I don't plan to change anything.=C2=A0 -N works, it just creates extra work. If you are happy with that, there's no need to change. --=20 Neil Bothwick There are two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things and off-by-one errors. --Sig_/yt.bFMGD3=YF.JUL+whpFxY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEGfLZTV7dXdQXh/dDdCdyyQfftocFAmQ1fUcACgkQdCdyyQff tofoHhAAkOTmTf4QD5+HQNAGrsDBa9dBvW2P7SdiSefTgORhq+6pQm+0OGX76gbX AnZZCS1uTAy2kopDUqrmDUe1vfZtLELmcEbh/9LEIsM8hZLMHkQkwZ6oHdgxrPDn XHo8tbeYT4JajHsgp9YO4CVLpMZf+eY7KpGibylT8pTONIgpMKC9jMFRtBXPfLG6 Qc/fIRNoBCXpTlfPM5Z4j+6B58tIV9AnxnXqTLJOPkjN+l4KBptiDgr6D3y40gAe e30B+zTlDHuAMawrgBs2uCVmzwWx1eDH8b0TTWO84chHi9iTBJfIqGGEmK76sA0f sN/iA65N6tpWWSkSk4y1jw+/qy20MsizM+lQ/v36eUkmmBpNf9t72RmcdWZEJ4t5 tgoV7kHvll4yvmBDQEFeo8+rx9JxiRPaOhUdXHo3einCPWE6d0qmrIMDsNq/FHNQ vtYURGiA7lLBj6avft/4oTy0b7xhxkRIBw1s5qORs46kNhWRlNSeYdJogik7D84P 4OfLdwet0kn4NjfgPJsTU6TAUUT6YA7neKnqfF7qCaVPZDkVO+E7ml3a4eZdPUM4 ELf2gtxldGL/S3+mMmKCAepuz6XgDAdJCyP2+Z8wBrnpWXfMrKlOhctAMKJEY3DW O5Sm1ANuZIuYXIrQh0Sw4ni8SG0NoPu658AY4Q4ztZtdSCE7xh4= =TnFj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/yt.bFMGD3=YF.JUL+whpFxY--