On Tuesday, 11 April 2023 11:33:38 BST Dale wrote: > The info from the man page is correct.
Of course it is. There'd be uproar if it weren't. > They do two different things. The -N will mean more recompiles of packages > but it also means that when a USE flag change is made, it also changes any > packages that relates to that. In other words, it goes deeper. I don't know why you think it goes deeper, Dale. It's a question of candidate selection, not depth of analysis. -U: if a package doesn't need to be updated on your system today, it'll be left until it does. -N: if any USE flag at all has changed in a package, it'll be recompiled, whether it needs to be on your system or not. -- Regards, Peter.