On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:08 AM, <reader@(protected):
> "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@(protected):
>
>
> > eix-sync
> > eix-test-obsolete
> > emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world
> > emerge -p --depclean
>
> -p --depclean tells me:
>
>  !!! You have no system list.
>
> What does that mean?

That someone above my pay grade will have to answer your question.

>
>
> Also:
>
>   emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world
>
> neither man emerge nor man portage show any hits on bdeps.
>
> Where can I find out what it does?
>
> Here it just errors out like this:
>
> !!! Error: --with-bdeps=y is an invalid option.
>

What version of portage are you running?

lightning ~ # eix -Ic portage
[I] app-portage/portage-utils (0.1.29@(protected)
portage helper tools written in C
[I] sys-apps/portage (2.1.5_rc6@(protected)
management and distribution system for Gentoo
Found 2 matches.
lightning ~ #

<QUOTE>
--with-bdeps < y | n >
        In dependency calculations, pull in build time dependencies
        that are not strictly required. This defaults to ´n´ for
        installation actions, meaning they will not be installed, and
        ´y´ for the --depclean action, meaning they will not be
        removed. This setting can be added to EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS
        (see make.conf(5)) and later overridden via the command line.
<QUOTE>

This has been in portage for a while.

- Mark
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