On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 06:30:47 -0500, Dale wrote:

> > -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.
> >  
> 
> 
> When I say deeper, I mean it will find more packages that may not be
> found otherwise.

And -e finds even more - but more is not always better. -U was introduced
because -N was causing too many packages to be rebuilt unnecessarily.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
 (Albert Einstein)

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