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World set (Portage)
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Not to be confused with World file (Portage).
The world set, also referred to as @world, encompasses the system set and the selected set.
Later, when a world update is requested (through emerge -uDN @world or similar command), Portage will use the world set as the base for its update calculations.
See also
- System set (Portage) — contains the software packages required for a standard Gentoo Linux installation to run properly.
- Selected set (Portage) — contains the packages the admin has explicitly installed
- Selected-packages_set_(Portage) —
- /etc/portage/sets
- Knowledge Base: Remove orphaned packages - The process of finding orphaned dependencies explained.