On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:08 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > eix-sync > > eix-test-obsolete > > emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world > > emerge -p --depclean > > -p --depclean tells me: > > !!! You have no system list. > > What does that mean?
That someone above my pay grade will have to answer your question. > > > Also: > > emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world > > neither man emerge nor man portage show any hits on bdeps. > > Where can I find out what it does? > > Here it just errors out like this: > > !!! Error: --with-bdeps=y is an invalid option. > What version of portage are you running? lightning ~ # eix -Ic portage [I] app-portage/portage-utils ([EMAIL PROTECTED]/23/2008): small and fast portage helper tools written in C [I] sys-apps/portage ([EMAIL PROTECTED]/26/2008): Portage is the package management and distribution system for Gentoo Found 2 matches. lightning ~ # <QUOTE> --with-bdeps < y | n > In dependency calculations, pull in build time dependencies that are not strictly required. This defaults to ´n´ for installation actions, meaning they will not be installed, and ´y´ for the --depclean action, meaning they will not be removed. This setting can be added to EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS (see make.conf(5)) and later overridden via the command line. <QUOTE> This has been in portage for a while. - Mark -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list