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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded
From:       Neil Bothwick <neil () digimed ! co ! uk>
Date:       2023-07-08 15:11:12
Message-ID: 20230708161112.7446bb26 () digimed ! co ! uk
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On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 03:33:30 -0500, Dale wrote:

> I was wondering.   Is there a way to highlight certain packages that are
> about to be upgraded?   Example, I like to know when some larger packages
> like Firefox, LOo, that excessively long qt package and a couple others
> are going to be upgraded.   Some that are listed in the world file show
> up in a darker green and are easier to see however, some are not. They
> are dependencies of another package but I'd like to have them stick out
> in the list of packages to be upgraded.   I don't recall ever seeing
> anyone mention this as a feature of emerge or heard of a way to
> configure such a thing either.   That said, it could be possible and just
> not well known.  

If your objective is to update your system without the long build times,
put the atoms of the relevant packages in a file and run

emerge --your-options --exclude "$(cat big-packages.txt)" @world


-- 
Neil Bothwick

"There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle;
 you can live as if everything is a miracle."
 (Albert Einstein)

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