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On 01/02/2012 11:25 AM, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
>
> Look at it this way:
> with emerge<package>  you tell portage to install a package and add it =
to
> world. Period. The package will be installed, no matter whether it=E2=80=
=99s at the
> newest version or not.  With -u, however, you tell emerge to only do th=
e
> installation if the package is actually upgradable.  So it=E2=80=99s no=
t an action
> (=E2=80=9Cupgrade this package=E2=80=9D), but an option (=E2=80=9Cinsta=
ll only if upgradable=E2=80=9D).

I have no problem seeing it that way, and don't have a semantic=20
preference for one or the other. My problem is that the current behavior=20
can screw up your world file, whereas the old behavior could not.