Greetings, some time back it was pointed out on this list to only use "--changed- use" rather than "--newuse". So I've meanwhile removed this option (and also a few others) from my update script which I had created early after installing Gentoo. It now basically runs
$ sudo emerge --ask --verbose-conflicts --changed-deps \ --changed-use --deep --update @world But if I understand the "emerge" manual page correctly, "--changed-deps" causes a rebuild of a package, if one of its dependencies has been re- build, even though the package does not require the newer version of the dependency. So does it really make sense to have this option hardcoded in a script? Or does it just cause plenty of package rebuilds without any real effect? Likewise, what about "--deep"? Should I keep it? Sincerely, Rainer