From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RdoUZ-0000RK-5m for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:39:51 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 11EC221C278; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:39:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f181.google.com (mail-wi0-f181.google.com [209.85.212.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F186621C0B6 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:37:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhq2 with SMTP id hq2so3199781wib.40 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:37:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=DrOkY2Rtx3qnJtTV6sEBkjZ4MZ6dODiT7b+ZLCF/4QU=; b=OSU7VlP6THghIbj9qOixGZl8hRt5EKUPrUboS2h713mSaESGugB+BeGI9YSC01/CDW IjkhnRBeSJwn4YeGaF44kv7cUYJgkdVlZWf7hyBxSLL2sc1oZ9rzU1g59dAJnVljh8D0 DfhARMHTxpJL6yu+A9SHxNMhI8pYuVkN15xpE= Received: by 10.180.85.4 with SMTP id d4mr26160496wiz.0.1324582670261; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:37:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fy5sm25089231wib.7.2011.12.22.11.37.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:37:49 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --depclean: !!! sys-apps/less is part of your system Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:37:40 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.0.6-gentoo; KDE/4.6.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <4EF37707.9010905@gmail.com> <4EF37DD8.40806@gmail.com> <20111222210702.27eb4b9a@rohan.example.com> In-Reply-To: <20111222210702.27eb4b9a@rohan.example.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: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2412364.ln0TQnpHWi"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201112221937.51297.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 38d45797-a899-40a4-9a42-593652b9cfb8 X-Archives-Hash: 6b5d5b1d5d67fe4e1c4daa3c50d64e71 --nextPart2412364.ln0TQnpHWi Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday 22 Dec 2011 19:07:02 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:58:32 +0100 >=20 > Jarry wrote: > > On 22-Dec-11 19:38, Mark Knecht wrote: > > >> Why does portage want to unmerge sys-apps/less when it is > > >> a part of system? > > >=20 > > > I didn't like it either so I've been adding it to > > > /var/lib/portage/world just to stop it. I've seen this on one > > > machine or another for 6 months to a year I think. > >=20 > > Some time ago emerge wanted to uninstall "nano" - part of system. > > Now "less". I just tried to update one more comp, and guess what? > >=20 > > # emerge --depclean > > Calculating dependencies... done! > >=20 > > >>> Calculating removal order... > >=20 > > !!! 'sys-fs/udev' (virtual/dev-manager) is part of your system > > profile. !!! Unmerging it may be damaging to your system. > >=20 > > >>> Waiting 10 seconds before starting... > > >>> (Control-C to abort)... > >=20 > > Press Ctrl-C to Stop in: 10 9 > >=20 > > LOL, what the hell is going on? Porgage went crazy or what? >=20 > This has been in unstable for many months now. Basically there's now a > virtual for $EDITOR and $PAGER so you can pick the one you want. If you > don't pick one, portage will take the default and --depclean is likely > to remove the others that are not in world. >=20 > This was all discussed to death months ago :-) >=20 > Just add your editor and pager of choice to world and continue as > normal. It's not a big issue - you already know you want less and have > no intention of removing it, so just add it like any other package. $ cat /etc/env.d/99editor=20 # Configuration file for eselect # This file has been automatically generated. EDITOR=3D"/usr/bin/vi" You could replace for nano, or indeed add both in world file. Ditto for pa= ger=20 (more/less/most, etc). I'm not sure about the udev message though. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2412364.ln0TQnpHWi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk7zhw8ACgkQVTDTR3kpaLZP9QCgz3Wi6MFk3ShWqG5pIrTEDgbK ttQAn2WCO1I3oWvP6VVmwQwOO1oxN0Iy =oAWl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2412364.ln0TQnpHWi--