While doing regular sync && update: emerge --sync emerge --system emerge -Du world I find that emerge -Du world does not catch every package that needs to be upgraded. After about 1 year I found aprox. 10 packages that were out of date. example from 2008-01-22: emerge -Dup world gives: These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating world dependencies ... done! [ebuild U ] app-crypt/pinentry-0.7.4-r1 [0.7.3] [ebuild U ] dev-libs/libgpg-error-1.6 [1.5] [ebuild U ] dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.4.0-r1 [1.2.4] [ebuild U ] net-dns/libidn-1.0-r1 [0.6.9-r1] [ebuild U ] dev-ruby/ncurses-ruby-1.1 [0.9.1] but using eix, I get: [U] app-crypt/pinentry [U] dev-libs/libassuan [U] dev-libs/libgcrypt [U] dev-libs/libgpg-error [U] dev-ruby/ncurses-ruby [U] net-dns/libidn notice: [U] dev-libs/libassuan >eix libassuan [U] dev-libs/libassuan Available versions: 0.6.10 1.0.2-r1 1.0.4 Installed versions: 1.0.2-r1(10:44:16 12/16/07) Homepage: http://www.gnupg.org/related_software/libassuan Description: Standalone IPC library used by gpg, gpgme and newpg when i issue emerge -pv libassuan, I get: >emerge -pv libassuan These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] dev-libs/libassuan-1.0.4 [1.0.2-r1] 291 kB Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 291 kB barad-dur->Curr Dir: /root so in fact, emerge sees it as outdated and emerges properly it when I ask for it specifically. Now, I find that I must run both emerge and eix to keep my system up to date. Is this correct. I have 30 systems of varied platforms & ages and they all exhibit the same problem. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.use emerge to update your system on a regular basis 2.wait about a month 3.use eix to ask for programs that need to be updated
Run emerge --depclean. world != all *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 96088 ***
(In reply to comment #1) > Run emerge --depclean. world != all > > *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 96088 *** > when i issue: emerge --depclean. world != all usage: emerge [options] emerge: error: no such option: --depclean. so I removed the "." emerge --depclean world != all !!! Multiple actions requested... Please choose one only. !!! 'depclean' or 'world' what is the correct command?
(In reply to comment #2) > what is the correct command? Uhm... a fullstop (.) separates two sentences in most languages.
(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #2) > > what is the correct command? > > Uhm... a fullstop (.) separates two sentences in most languages. > > yes, i suppose... but what command should I enter? What is the solution to this problem?
(In reply to comment #4) > (In reply to comment #3) > > (In reply to comment #2) > > > what is the correct command? > > > > Uhm... a fullstop (.) separates two sentences in most languages. > > > > > yes, i suppose... > but what command should I enter? What is the solution to this problem? > Hi, The 'world' set contains only things you have installed by hand (ie you typed emerge xorg-server as an example). typing 'emerge -uD world' says 'take the packages in the world file (/var/lib/portage/world) and all of their dependencies and see if any of them can be upgraded'. The problem you are seeing is that some packages are left 'orphaned', they are not in the world file, they are not dependencies of something in the world file, but they are still installed. This is a common problem and there is a new 'all' target in a yet unreleased version of portage. It will hopefully be out soon. Do you understand now? -Alec
> Do you understand now? > > -Alec > Yes, I do. Thank you very much for the explication
(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #2) > > what is the correct command? > > Uhm... a fullstop (.) separates two sentences in most languages. > You know, you can't be flippant and condescending when you think something is obvious and then dogmatic, impatient and imperious when someone does not follow your directions to the letter. You can't have it both ways. If you want to know why me and my girl-friends call you Dwight Shrute behind your back... now you know
http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/support.xml http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2 Now move these off-topic personal attacks out of bugzilla.
