From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1C00F139694 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:39:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5301F214143; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:39:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wr0-x233.google.com (mail-wr0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c0c::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EBF3521400D for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:39:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wr0-x233.google.com with SMTP id k67so151889904wrc.2 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 12:39:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=L/cHGUsrl1d7iyNFl4+HSryLB+Px0EoTo7Aelpb+P8Y=; b=NJK939zvMOKoV2sRhYX4syi7IcVlLV8CFBiowN79qn87tGFGRxuu4d2J/Y8Tk73D15 EhQDf04YZOkn6OYcAlJi75B1Jicr8f4ZYSrfUjokRpNLLYHtJZ5C/1FvhlbAl5amkwBx /xAE3f49hhx7KLIoCmICPR0Gnoc8+/eiCeqcJOfBi19M0dcmoUjRNNCt5NG6o4Kynzhg ntALjMr6eeNsExH/1e7X3O4ytv/UaYZU8J0I4geuMNlYTOuwK7J8VG8tyAZxtfCh6SRK POcNSUWhPCBwACJoFy6KiEDFb9AD28VOQPCVzT+qm9yLvb9M6tElNAeITHK6WgSQ0qpW Ojug== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=L/cHGUsrl1d7iyNFl4+HSryLB+Px0EoTo7Aelpb+P8Y=; b=HQ3Xg29VLm4t2lMlJ1pEEUhuIkF5Lai4iCXJMXLkbxupzoSeaaPT8hbjLlBMLdoQRH Ox5AgXCFqValUjFFyYYnhfF2LOFulqf5Sw9Z3ptpheX5yNq6PmgzC0AXkJnZRRXYbRik kjRHsISDTi54E3PZWqqPahzGriLuLcF0FVMdXqL0gi3WBy0gjekq1cfzgKmECOKRK7tZ /Um2NcQylDZqAkoeV/Ixx6Ub8GmMpY5ud0o5B6zFSKvlbOuAIwOGcA1dxKK+TaFApvW1 NEgWfNG8p968YzuIjI4t5u+GInOi3A+/1Q3KpGFRpfNlYmD/X8NQinzZSB05RtLb1Ezc famg== X-Gm-Message-State: AIVw110x5rV+XaAephZ+3FSiONk+qC3xn0Q1JOULzPo9jRxHnRgtX+Tq mG1IGBfMFcYqu8DuugSqp6FVcywAnA== X-Received: by 10.223.162.156 with SMTP id s28mr8217164wra.2.1499715541500; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 12:39:01 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.28.84.19 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 12:39:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <7513ca72-4ca2-ae77-3321-cdb12263af2f@gentoo.org> <20170709002738.GA28879@waltdnes.org> <20170709092419.GA5124@waltdnes.org> <20170710013711.GA8455@waltdnes.org> <79e987ff-dbcc-0fac-3458-df39973d3630@gentoo.org> From: Ben Kohler Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:39:00 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Sets vs Meta ebuilds To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="f403045ec4941d94a30553fbbcf3" X-Archives-Salt: 4cd95fc5-17fd-4834-a881-546bfbd79068 X-Archives-Hash: 8cd490b1cd6b66e0b55eaed7506b3376 --f403045ec4941d94a30553fbbcf3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 2:36 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: > ... > Calculating dependencies... done! > >>> No packages selected for removal by depclean > >>> To see reverse dependencies, use --verbose > Packages installed: 1779 > Packages in world: 194 > ... > # emerge -pC gcc > * This action can remove important packages! In order to be safer, use > * `emerge -pv --depclean ` to check for reverse dependencies > before > * removing packages. > > ... > > You aren't taking the time to read your own emerge output. Now, both of these recommend --pretend, but you can use --ask with it, for a safe unmerge that checks for reverse deps THEN allows you to continue only if it's safe. Try "emerge -cav gcc. -Ben --f403045ec4941d94a30553fbbcf3 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 2:36 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. <wlt-ml@o-sinc= .com> wrote:
...
Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> No packages selected for removal by depclean
>>> To see reverse dependencies, use --verbose
Packages installed:=C2=A0 =C2=A01779
Packages in world:=C2=A0 =C2=A0 194
...=C2=A0
# emerge -pC gcc
=C2=A0* This action can remove important packages! In orde= r to be safer, use
=C2=A0* `emerge -pv --depclean <atom>` to check for reverse dependenc= ies
before
=C2=A0* removing packages.

...

You aren't taking the time to read your = own emerge output.=C2=A0 Now, both of these recommend --pretend, but you ca= n use --ask with it, for a safe unmerge that checks for reverse deps THEN a= llows you to continue only if it's safe.

Try "emerge -cav gcc.

-Ben


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