From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7A711389AF for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:16:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 95904E05F9; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:16:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 55E6FE05B4 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:16:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BB5533E50D for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:16:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.23 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.23 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-2.429, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id YsEcBHyJfTlA for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:15:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C70EC33E66E for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:15:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1U52bW-0006nJ-4E for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:16:06 +0100 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:16:06 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:16:06 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: How to stem the flood of new packages? Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:15:29 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <51196FB2.6090706@gmail.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) 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 X-Archives-Salt: cc4145d7-7880-4b4b-9d0c-262c51a33428 X-Archives-Hash: 2b8a60a20ffe661ede1db1a693435b8c On 2013-02-11, Dale wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: >> >> I tried doing an "emerge -auvND world" today. It's been three days >> since the previous update, and today portage wants to update 1 package >> and install _35_new_ones_. >> >> Seriously? 35 new packages that I have to install on Monday that I >> didn't have to have the previous Friday? A few of them are virtual >> packages, but the vast majority are actual package that I neither want >> nor need (other than to satisfy a requirement imposed by a new USE >> flag that defaults to "on" when it should have defaulted to "off"). >> >> I realize that every developer thinks think their pariticular package >> is the greatest thing ever and should be installed on everything since >> the TI SR-54 calculator, but this seems a bit silly... >> >> > > Well, use the -t option to see what pulls in what. I did. I turned off about a half-dozen new USE flags and elminated 30 of the new packages. My point was that in general when new stuff is added, the default behavior should be "same as before" (IMO). > Also, disable some USE flags that you don't want/need. Also, could > some of this be the profile change? Ah, that could be. When the old profile went away I picked the generic "desktop" option. Eselect didn't seem to be able to tell me what profile I had selected previously. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I Know A Joke!! at gmail.com