Grant Edwards wrote: > <whinge> > 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... > </whinge> >
Well, use the -t option to see what pulls in what. Also, disable some USE flags that you don't want/need. Also, could some of this be the profile change? Just a thought. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
