Re: [gentoo-user] 'emerge -e world' question

[Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Read a few of the other posts, make sure that @world is including the
> system set.  Either just use world with no @ or do a @system and @world.
>
> --depclean should have mentioned that when you ran it too.  It does here
> but you may be on a different version than I am.

Thanks for that, I didn't realize there was a difference between
"@world" and "world". I've looked at the sets.conf file but honestly
it is over my head. My "world_sets" file does include @system, though,
so hopefully there was nothing wrong in that regard.

Thanks,
Paul