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 1LMt67-0001iU-2B for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:55:03 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BCE75E077C; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:55:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from aa011msr.fastwebnet.it (aa011msr.fastwebnet.it [85.18.95.71]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77D8DE077C for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:55:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [37.1.3.89] (37.1.3.89) by aa011msr.fastwebnet.it (8.0.013.8) (authenticated as cyclopia) id 496CCC0C0017AD6A for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:55:00 +0100 Message-ID: <496D29D6.7030004@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:55:02 +0100 From: "b.n." User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090110) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 'emerge -e world' question References: <58965d8a0901130744p3d724207i9b911c9c3559d61d@mail.gmail.com> <58965d8a0901130747g537f7ff2m393c03b804021785@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <58965d8a0901130747g537f7ff2m393c03b804021785@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 40812a4c-fdc5-4ba6-af67-bcd030cec249 X-Archives-Hash: 1c0d80756a059c000ce4b1b5d98402de Paul Hartman ha scritto: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Paul Hartman > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I normally do "emerge -uDvN @world" (or in other words "emerge >> --update --deep --verbose --newuse @world"). Right now, it tells me >> this: >> >> Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB >> >> I also --depclean on a regular basis to remove any unneeded packages. >> Right now, it tells me this: >> >> No packages selected for removal by depclean >> >> Based on those two commands, I'm led to believe I have a fully updated >> system. So, then, I am curious why when I do "emerge -e @world" it >> tells me this: >> >> Total: 1432 packages (9 upgrades, 2 downgrades, 14 new, 1407 >> reinstalls, 1 interactive), Size of downloads: 76,235 kB >> >> How is that possible? Where do those upgrades, downgrades and new >> packages come from? What is missing from my traditional "-uDvN" >> command that is causing me to miss some of those updates? >> >> Thanks, >> Paul > > Before anyone responds I will throw in my theory :) > > I'm using ~amd64 and I suppose perhaps the ebuilds have changed since > I installed them, but have not had a version increase. It's 4 years I'm using Gentoo and I can still be surprised by it. :) This doesn't look right. Why do devs upgrade ebuilds and do not increase the -rX versioning? m.