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 1LMlVB-0005Ym-3h for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:48:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BE78BE0669; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com (rv-out-0708.google.com [209.85.198.243]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8090DE0669 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b17so59852rvf.46 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:47:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GaZ1Frr6CV3M4TLyOp16GFv/Mh2unA7RvAf/4KHd2tU=; b=WYjiJjRx+6QiCM+fOQW5R3F0pGiJl9xy+zcKfp6wOAUc8prA6UH/Ko3nt1GQzEzTo7 GQrvuP5w4bxNuRCKOoETWLzy0BhLNapt2/ZFbJBhGoKZDonDTNojXrZoY3QYhda7NYW2 9838HFPX2pFPKYjnWBF6wHF+PGKDrTkCoLOMA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=EjA/l5jlvcX1Se3iWo11sa4GT/kpnuyKd+gkSUlvergJyT2IC1wPT+4MZyxsX8K6Q/ BUegySoUFolEbuMHFlIR7UEPLGb78S4tmwaeOEPRicSZka2XvRD2WIh/itkPjah2sMLM q0A7nqee8VvvXQWx73LsemNsXHzh4UZmUgY4o= 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 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.140.164.1 with SMTP id m1mr3704rve.66.1231861645917; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:47:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <58965d8a0901130744p3d724207i9b911c9c3559d61d@mail.gmail.com> References: <58965d8a0901130744p3d724207i9b911c9c3559d61d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:47:25 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 24df500a2454342b Message-ID: <58965d8a0901130747g537f7ff2m393c03b804021785@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: 'emerge -e world' question From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7efbc732-1e14-4008-84fd-9f0246399cdf X-Archives-Hash: cf98b8572a3f5d1c6f7324d2c714cc03 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. So, the foobar-0.10 installed on my box has different dependencies than the foobar-0.10 currently in portage, and portage doesn't check for same-version changes unless you re-emerge it.