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 1Rdo0G-0001ly-OR for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:08:32 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D7F60E0029; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:08:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A83B721C265 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:07:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werm12 with SMTP id m12so4336928wer.40 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:07:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=abTt8AR4pzV+gChCmhRPY1wl6dqSYE6Epb+K/s9sYjk=; b=mcOpXgSmBv2aqYlEqe3oDEKZ0Ad2fnzXTFVwSWMnYD+MPZ+t7c1AO1qxBofbm08/PO 9uLicqGOjDo13RfghPEqkNPd+fT130EyU7RQO0sYR4xS9oSwso5C1YPixWQMcutnOFS8 2AYJI07WS1bm3EIaUFios6gDu7gBUVRE0Vjpc= Received: by 10.216.138.151 with SMTP id a23mr6547351wej.52.1324580836934; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:07:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from rohan.example.com ([196.215.144.97]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id dd4sm24912316wib.1.2011.12.22.11.07.14 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:07:16 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:07:02 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --depclean: !!! sys-apps/less is part of your system Message-ID: <20111222210702.27eb4b9a@rohan.example.com> In-Reply-To: <4EF37DD8.40806@gmail.com> References: <4EF37707.9010905@gmail.com> <4EF37DD8.40806@gmail.com> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.24.4; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 35ac0b00-463b-4425-bfdd-2771084b1425 X-Archives-Hash: 2fd4f41862be5da86e5ef3c5602ea2da On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:58:32 +0100 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? > > > > 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. > > Some time ago emerge wanted to uninstall "nano" - part of system. > Now "less". I just tried to update one more comp, and guess what? > > # emerge --depclean > Calculating dependencies... done! > >>> Calculating removal order... > > !!! 'sys-fs/udev' (virtual/dev-manager) is part of your system > profile. !!! Unmerging it may be damaging to your system. > > >>> Waiting 10 seconds before starting... > >>> (Control-C to abort)... > Press Ctrl-C to Stop in: 10 9 > > LOL, what the hell is going on? Porgage went crazy or what? 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. This was all discussed to death months ago :-) 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. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com