[gentoo-user] unwanted packages

[gentoo-user] unwanted packages

[James]

Hello,

I took a workstation, quite some time ago, and converted it to 
a router/firewall for learning about and testing iptables/netfilter.

It's very minimal:   
USE="-* perl acl acpi hardened kerberos krb4 ssl dvd sse mmx readline \
lm_sensors syslog "

and running hardened: 2.6.14-hardened-r8

It's been working fine emerge updates request very little.

However today, upon syncing the system, then 'revdep-rebuild -p'

I get these unwanted packages:

[ebuild  N    ] dev-db/mysql-4.1.20  USE="perl ssl -berkdb -big-tables
 -cluster
-debug -embedded -extraengine -latin1 -minimal -raid -srvdir -static"
[ebuild  N    ] dev-perl/DBD-mysql-2.9007  USE="perl -minimal"
[ebuild  N    ] media-libs/sdl-mixer-1.2.6-r1  USE="-mikmod -mp3 
-timidity -vorbis"
[ebuild  N    ] media-libs/smpeg-0.4.4-r7  USE="mmx -X -debug -gtk 
-opengl"
[ebuild  N    ] dev-python/pygame-1.6.2
Now you can remove -p (or --pretend) from arguments and re-run 
revdep-rebuild.


Furthermore, using 'equery depends <package>' nothing is calling for these
packages....

When I run 'slocate pygame'  dozens of things pop up.

Yet:
eix pygame
* dev-python/pygame
     Available versions:  1.5.3 1.5.5 1.5.6 1.6 1.6.2 ~1.7.1
     Installed:           none


The world file does not show any of these packages, so for example,
pygames  must be a vestige of the workstation setup.  Any hints
on getting ride of request for these packages, other than
using package.mask?


James





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Re: [gentoo-user] unwanted packages

[Bo Ørsted Andresen]

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On Monday 17 July 2006 20:50, James wrote:
> However today, upon syncing the system, then 'revdep-rebuild -p'
>
> I get these unwanted packages:
>
> [ebuild  N    ] ....
[SNIP]
> Now you can remove -p (or --pretend) from arguments and re-run
> revdep-rebuild.

Does 

# emerge -uDvp --tree world

not give you a clue as to what is pulling this stuff in?

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Bo Andresen

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