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[Robert F. Stockdale IV]

Thanks. I've always used the full word switches and that is what threw me off.
emerge --update --newuse --deep world
I've never used the ask switch though. I think I'll try it.
Thanks again. And thanks to Josh as well.
Bob

David J. Andruczyk wrote:
> 
> --- "Robert F. Stockdale IV" <javabob at adelphia.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'm familiar with the --newuse flag however, what is the "-uDa" 
>>switch for. This thread has 
>>rekindled my interest in learning more about portage and emerge, but
>>there is so much 
>>information to read.
>>Bob
>>
> 
> 
> Well -uDa means,  UPDATE, DEEP, ASK.  u = update, d = do a deep
> dependancy scan, a = provide a list of what it's going to do with a Y/N
> question.
> 
> from the emerge man page:
> --deep (-D)
>               When  used in conjunction with --update, this flag forces
> emerge to consider the entire dependency tree of packages,  instead  of
> checking only the immediate dependencies of the packages.  As an
> example, this catches updates in libraries that are not directly listed
> in the dependencies of a package
> 
> Dave J. Andruczyk
> 
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