On 11/20/06, Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org> wrote:
>
> On 11/20/06, Mark M <makalsky@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > I think this topic might help you:
> > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-497125-highlight-updateworld.html
> >
> > when you run it with --prepare option it produces a nice emergelist file
> > under .updateworld folder which you can easily edit, and when you run it
> > with --install option it will autoskip and resume failed packages and as
> a
> > bonus will provide you with the list of failed packages also.
> >
>
> This script doesn't use the --oneshot option when merging, so it will
> add all updating packages to your world file.  I hope you haven't used
> this... :-(
>
> -Richard
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> I've edited it a little for my needs (including --oneshot) but basically
its a generally good script for starters.