From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LQPIx-0002sK-Na for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:54:51 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 76C3CE097E; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:54:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice03.Princeton.EDU [128.112.131.174]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47FB5E097E for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:54:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.148]) by Princeton.EDU (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n0NGsewZ001696 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:54:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id n0NGsdMZ019964 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:54:40 -0500 (EST) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 259325B9400; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:56:39 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:56:39 -0500 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge world / --depclean infinite loop Message-ID: <20090123165639.GA21611@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <49bf44f10901230802r57a47db3x5ed552afdd6ec23a@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10901230802r57a47db3x5ed552afdd6ec23a@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: ce9f7b42-c6e9-4507-9a3f-ad6dfbfd550d X-Archives-Hash: 1a4bf8674c89f63923457f8feb0c321d On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 08:02:27AM -0800, Penguin Lover Grant squawked: > One of my systems with totally empty package.* files wants to emerge > hardened-sources-2.6.25-r13 as it should, but --depclean wants to: How do you determine this? (I mean the "as it should" part?) Are you running ~ or stable? > >>> These are the packages that would be unmerged: > > sys-kernel/hardened-sources > selected: 2.6.25-r13 > protected: none > omitted: 2.6.27-r3 > > If I do that, emerge world just wants to emerge it again. Does anyone > know how to fix this? If you remove it, what does emerge -pvt say? W -- Seen in LINAC @ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory: (A series of signs, each with a different "name") This 7833 Power Amplifier Tube is to be Called: Gassy Sparky Leaky Old Number 9 Just Plain Dead Nick O'Tyme Sortir en Pantoufles: up 777 days, 15:36