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#1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 04:49 AM

Hi,
I've got 2 questions about emerging system:

1. what does '>>> Updating Portage cache...' after emerge sync
mean? does gentoo upgrade some file then? if so, where's that file?

2. how does emerge decide which version of program should install?
it dooesn't always install the newest one (even if i have '~x86' in
'accepted keywords')

pozdr. Aye

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#2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 04:49 AM

> 1. what does '>>> Updating Portage cache...' after emerge sync
> mean? does gentoo upgrade some file then? if so, where's that file?

It updates the /var/cache/edb directory, this is where all your dependencies
for everything are mapped out.

> 2. how does emerge decide which version of program should install?
> it dooesn't always install the newest one (even if i have '~x86' in
> 'accepted keywords')

It's done using the portage class (portage.py), you can surf the code to see
the particulars. In addition, portage factors in the SLOT of a package
into it's decision of which package is the newest (see
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/portage-manual.xml for details on SLOTs). You
might also like to checkout qpkg and etcat which are part of
app-admin/gentoolkit, they can be helpful in increasing you understanding
of portage.

Stu

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