[gentoo-user] emerge -f

[gentoo-user] emerge -f

[burlingk]

If I use emerge -f on a package, will it fetch that packaged
dependencies as well?

For instance, if I use 'emerge -f xorg-x11', will it check the system,
then download
everything that it needs to install that package?

If I were to use 'emerge -uf world', would there be a huge number of
packaged downloaded?

^_^

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -f

[Dale]

burlingk@cv63.navy.mil wrote:
> If I use emerge -f on a package, will it fetch that packaged
> dependencies as well?
>
> For instance, if I use 'emerge -f xorg-x11', will it check the system,
> then download
> everything that it needs to install that package?
>
> If I were to use 'emerge -uf world', would there be a huge number of
> packaged downloaded?
>
> ^_^
>
> ---
> Ken
>   

If you want to make sure you get everything, I would do a emerge  -ef
<package>.  That should get everything needed for sure.  The "e" stands
for emptytree but I always think of it as everything.  If used with the
option world it gets everything needed to recompile the complete
system.  Example:  emerge -ef world

Hope that helps.

Dale

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RE: [gentoo-user] emerge -f

[burlingk]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dale [mailto:dalek@exceedtech.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 2:26 PM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -f
> 
> 
> burlingk@cv63.navy.mil wrote:
> > If I use emerge -f on a package, will it fetch that packaged 
> > dependencies as well?
> >
> > For instance, if I use 'emerge -f xorg-x11', will it check 
> the system, 
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> >
> > ---
> > Ken
> >   
> 
> If you want to make sure you get everything, I would do a 
> emerge  -ef <package>.  That should get everything needed for 
> sure.  The "e" stands for emptytree but I always think of it 
> as everything.  If used with the option world it gets 
> everything needed to recompile the complete system.  Example: 
>  emerge -ef world
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Dale


So, does the emptytree (-e) option basically tell it that you don't
have ANYTHING instlled where it should be? :P

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -f

[Naga]

On Tuesday 22 May 2007 07:42:57 burlingk@cv63.navy.mil 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.

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -f

[Dale]

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burlingk@cv63.navy.mil wrote:
>
>
> So, does the emptytree (-e) option basically tell it that you don't
> have ANYTHING instlled where it should be? :P
>
>   

Well, if you do a emerge -e world, it will recompile everything on your
system.  I do mean everything.  On mine it takes a little over 48
hours.  That is usually only done to fix something as a last resort or
when upgrading gcc.

That help?

Dale

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[gentoo-user] Re: emerge -f

[»Q«]

In
<news:AA0639A1EB70AE409130258CE7BDC31806646AE2@messenger.cv63.navy.mil>,
<burlingk@cv63.navy.mil> wrote:

> If I use emerge -f on a package, will it fetch that packaged
> dependencies as well?

Use emerge -pf <package> and see what happens.  ;)

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -f

[Bo Ørsted Andresen]

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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. 
That's why it no longer says "[ebuild  N    ]" for all packages with -e. 
Doing so caused problems with circular dependencies.

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

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