# emerge -p ntp These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] app-text/aspell-0.60.2 [ebuild N ] media-libs/libpng-1.2.8 [ebuild N ] media-libs/freetype-2.1.9-r1 [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libmcrypt-2.5.7 [ebuild N ] media-libs/jpeg-6b-r4 [ebuild N ] media-libs/tiff-3.7.1-r1 [ebuild N ] media-libs/fontconfig-2.2.3 [ebuild N ] x11-misc/ttmkfdir-3.0.9-r2 [ebuild N ] x11-base/opengl-update-2.1_pre4 [ebuild N ] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.1.902 [ebuild N ] media-libs/t1lib-5.0.2 [ebuild N ] app-arch/rpm2targz-9.0-r2 [ebuild N ] sys-apps/utempter-0.5.5.5-r1 [ebuild N ] x11-terms/xterm-199 [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.17 [ebuild N ] media-libs/freetype-1.3.1-r4 [ebuild N ] dev-db/mysql-4.0.23-r2 [ebuild N ] dev-php/php-5.0.3 [ebuild N ] dev-lang/swig-1.3.21 [ebuild N ] sys-libs/libcap-1.10-r4 [ebuild N ] net-misc/ntp-4.2.0.20040617 [ebuild N ] dev-perl/Net-Daemon-0.38 [ebuild N ] dev-perl/Storable-2.13 [ebuild N ] dev-perl/PlRPC-0.2016-r1 [ebuild N ] dev-perl/DBI-1.46 [ebuild N ] dev-perl/DBD-mysql-2.9003 # emerge -pu world These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! aisling ~ # emerge -puD world These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r15 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) processor Gentoo Base System version 1.6.9 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Jan 23 2005, 01:53:43)] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.4_p6, 1.9.4, 1.6.3 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X aac alsa apache2 apm audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups dba dvd encode f77 flac font-server foomaticdb freetype gd gdbm gif gpm gstreamer imlib ipv6 jpeg libclamav libg++ libwww lirc mad mikmod mmx motif mpeg mysql ncurses nptl oav oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl php png python qt quicktime readline samba sdl session slp smooth spell sse ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb v4l2 wmf xinerama xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY So you can see it's not updates. This is a BRAND new system my friend setup following the Gentoo Handbook. The first package I told him to grab was ntp to get his clock following right.
you should read the handbook about these things we have in Gentoo called 'USE flags' they're funny things
