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 1LMq0z-0005br-5p for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:37:33 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E6FB1E0587; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:37:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com (rv-out-0708.google.com [209.85.198.246]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 860FBE0587 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:37:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b17so183502rvf.46 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:37:28 -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=VYugNvHFEIAZvJmhrsWHwjK86WpwgezlVwQb5VXEGHc=; b=VnBO8uD+Nz4BYXSZqyyvCo5mTmkz+lrYBl1IU2Yv/QkezR+u9PrZedT2g7q5sswa3N GZ4GnhtzPVa540x4RwKxMcR4AB2WopR7fl/dBtco1JCSByjMNpAb4lO63iiR3oHDvzgu 749mcBHWZdOt8KmLw4OnGljRvQr4v6F8aw08s= 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=uGyry4JcmuCjOD3y41skFJnNCzaphniopAEm8Fr9X2AfjXxOyLAUHM+UlxBBh6rQkS F5zjolAmUYjW0/XGH9jUVP+sgQRi3ABIw5CK6D6g55iRU63dKRq5BvyEEI4+O2pd+J5P 2RjXVPtrJ+4TiDJo9LugxImYywWLDu5LtWzlQ= 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 10.141.197.21 with SMTP id z21mr15477395rvp.75.1231879048628; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:37:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <496CF96A.6060208@gmail.com> References: <58965d8a0901130744p3d724207i9b911c9c3559d61d@mail.gmail.com> <496CF96A.6060208@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:37:28 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 7f9e37d43d614143 Message-ID: <58965d8a0901131237q6ea02f05gae8862b22d44454c@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] '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: 8f9b0c16-3ac6-4551-9965-1cd0ffb46d5f X-Archives-Hash: 214b6f7fe9983c133afe7628eccc7dab On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Dale 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