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midnite
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 Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2025 8:05 pm Post subject: Emerge with --update --selective=n ? |
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By accident, I discovered this strange behaviour that I cannot explain.
| Code: | # qlist -vIRUS sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel
sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-6.12.28:6.12.28::gentoo debug -experimental -generic-uki -hardened initramfs -modules-compress -modules-sign -savedconfig -secureboot strip -test |
Case 1:
| Code: | # EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS='' emerge -pv -- sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel
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[ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-6.12.31:6.12.31::gentoo [6.12.28:6.12.28::gentoo] USE="debug initramfs strip -experimental (-generic-uki) -hardened -modules-compress -modules-sign -savedconfig -secureboot -test" 2,193 KiB
[ebuild U ] virtual/dist-kernel-6.12.31:0/6.12.31::gentoo [6.12.28:0/6.12.28::gentoo] 0 KiB
Total: 2 packages (1 upgrade, 1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 2,193 KiB |
Case 2:
| Code: | # EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS='' emerge -pv --update -- sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel
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[ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-6.12.31:6.12.31::gentoo [6.12.28:6.12.28::gentoo] USE="debug initramfs strip -experimental (-generic-uki) -hardened -modules-compress -modules-sign -savedconfig -secureboot -test" 2,193 KiB
[ebuild U ] virtual/dist-kernel-6.12.31:0/6.12.31::gentoo [6.12.28:0/6.12.28::gentoo] 0 KiB
Total: 2 packages (1 upgrade, 1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 2,193 KiB |
Case 3:
| Code: | # EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS='' emerge -pv --update --selective=n -- sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel
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emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel". |
Why does using --update together with --selective=n result in the message "there are no ebuilds to satisfy ..."? I suspect it has something to do with slot handling, since most other packages do not have different slots. I expected disabling the selective mode to cause emerge to reinstall all command-line packages, regardless of whether updates are available, making its behaviour consistent with the earlier two cases.
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freke
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2025 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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As I read it --selective=n might being canceling --update, what does | Code: | | EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS='' emerge -pv -- sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel |
yield?
| Quote: | --selective [ y | n ]
This is identical to the --noreplace option. Some options, such as --update, imply --selective. Use
--selective=n if you want to forcefully disable --selective, regardless of options like --changed-use,
--newuse, --noreplace, or --update. |
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midnite
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2025 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| freke wrote: | As I read it --selective=n might being canceling --update, what does | Code: | | EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS='' emerge -pv -- sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel |
yield? |
Yup. I think so too. That is why I expect Case 3 should be equivalent to Case 1.
Under no circumstances should the output be "there are no ebuilds to satisfy 'sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel'" unless the package is masked somewhere.
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