[gentoo-user] Installation loop...

[gentoo-user] Installation loop...

[tuxic]

Hi,

on my system are installed (beside other things, of course... :)

[I] virtual/w3m
     Available versions:  0
     Installed versions:  0(03:51:00 AM 04/18/2020)
     Description:         Virtual for the w3m web browser

[I] www-client/w3m
     Available versions:  0.5.3_p20180125 (~)0.5.3_p20190105 {X fbcon gdk-pixbuf gpm imlib libressl lynxkeymap nls nntp ssl unicode xface L10N="de ja"}
     Installed versions:  0.5.3_p20190105(08:50:56 AM 04/10/2020)(X nls ssl unicode -fbcon -gdk-pixbuf -gpm -imlib -libressl -lynxkeymap -nntp -xface L10N="-de -ja")
     Homepage:            https://github.com/tats/w3m
     Description:         Text based WWW browser, supports tables and frames


Normally I do a cleanup after each upgrade/compilation/install like
so:


    emerge --selective=n  @preserved-rebuild && emerge --depclean -va && eclean-dist -C -d -v && eix-test-obsolete

which removes 

    virtual/w3m

then. Next upgrade, which looks liek:

    eix-sync ; emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y --tree --keep-going --backtrack=30 -v --verbose-conflicts -1 @world

it installs 

    virtual/w3m

again.

And so on.

How can I stop this?
Are the commands I use fishy?
What is the reason of this loop -- other parts of the system will not
be reinstalled over and over again.... ?

Cheers!
Meino

Re: [gentoo-user] Installation loop...

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 04:03:34 +0200, tuxic@posteo.de wrote:

>     emerge --selective=n  @preserved-rebuild && emerge --depclean -va
> && eclean-dist -C -d -v && eix-test-obsolete
> 
> which removes 
> 
>     virtual/w3m
> 
> then. Next upgrade, which looks liek:
> 
>     eix-sync ; emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y --tree
> --keep-going --backtrack=30 -v --verbose-conflicts -1 @world
> 
> it installs 
> 
>     virtual/w3m

Add --tree to the emerge @world options to see what is pulling this in.
It looks like it could possibly be a bdeps issue.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Installation loop...

[David Fellows]

>Hi,
>
>on my system are installed (beside other things, of course... :)
>
>[I] virtual/w3m
>     Available versions:  0
>     Installed versions:  0(03:51:00 AM 04/18/2020)
>     Description:         Virtual for the w3m web browser
>
>[I] www-client/w3m
>     Available versions:  0.5.3_p20180125 (~)0.5.3_p20190105 {X fbcon gdk-pixbuf gpm imlib libressl lynxkeymap nls nntp ssl unicode xface L10N="de ja"}
>     Installed versions:  0.5.3_p20190105(08:50:56 AM 04/10/2020)(X nls ssl unicode -fbcon -gdk-pixbuf -gpm -imlib -libressl -lynxkeymap -nntp -xface L10N="-de -ja")
>     Homepage:            https://github.com/tats/w3m
>     Description:         Text based WWW browser, supports tables and frames
>
>
>Normally I do a cleanup after each upgrade/compilation/install like
>so:
>
>
>    emerge --selective=n  @preserved-rebuild && emerge --depclean -va && eclean-dist -C -d -v && eix-test-obsolete
>
>which removes 
>
>    virtual/w3m
>
>then. Next upgrade, which looks liek:
>
>    eix-sync ; emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y --tree --keep-going --backtrack=30 -v --verbose-conflicts -1 @world
>
>it installs 
>
>    virtual/w3m
>
>again.
>
>And so on.
>
>How can I stop this?

After this annoyed me for a month I did the following with by system in a
state with both installed:
    emerge --deselect www-client/w3m
    emerge --select virtual/w3m
Which stopped the foolishness.

>Are the commands I use fishy?
>What is the reason of this loop -- other parts of the system will not
>be reinstalled over and over again.... ?

In my case, I had installed www-client/w3m explicitly to satisfy a program
that was installed outside portage possibly before there was a virtual/w3m.

DaveF

>
>Cheers!
>Meino
>
>
>
>

Re: [gentoo-user] Installation loop...

[tuxic]

Hi Dave,

that works! :)
Thanks a lot!

Cheers!
Meino



On 04/18 10:14, David Fellows wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >on my system are installed (beside other things, of course... :)
> >
> >[I] virtual/w3m
> >     Available versions:  0
> >     Installed versions:  0(03:51:00 AM 04/18/2020)
> >     Description:         Virtual for the w3m web browser
> >
> >[I] www-client/w3m
> >     Available versions:  0.5.3_p20180125 (~)0.5.3_p20190105 {X fbcon gdk-pixbuf gpm imlib libressl lynxkeymap nls nntp ssl unicode xface L10N="de ja"}
> >     Installed versions:  0.5.3_p20190105(08:50:56 AM 04/10/2020)(X nls ssl unicode -fbcon -gdk-pixbuf -gpm -imlib -libressl -lynxkeymap -nntp -xface L10N="-de -ja")
> >     Homepage:            https://github.com/tats/w3m
> >     Description:         Text based WWW browser, supports tables and frames
> >
> >
> >Normally I do a cleanup after each upgrade/compilation/install like
> >so:
> >
> >
> >    emerge --selective=n  @preserved-rebuild && emerge --depclean -va && eclean-dist -C -d -v && eix-test-obsolete
> >
> >which removes 
> >
> >    virtual/w3m
> >
> >then. Next upgrade, which looks liek:
> >
> >    eix-sync ; emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y --tree --keep-going --backtrack=30 -v --verbose-conflicts -1 @world
> >
> >it installs 
> >
> >    virtual/w3m
> >
> >again.
> >
> >And so on.
> >
> >How can I stop this?
> 
> After this annoyed me for a month I did the following with by system in a
> state with both installed:
>     emerge --deselect www-client/w3m
>     emerge --select virtual/w3m
> Which stopped the foolishness.
> 
> >Are the commands I use fishy?
> >What is the reason of this loop -- other parts of the system will not
> >be reinstalled over and over again.... ?
> 
> In my case, I had installed www-client/w3m explicitly to satisfy a program
> that was installed outside portage possibly before there was a virtual/w3m.
> 
> DaveF
> 
> >
> >Cheers!
> >Meino
> >
> >
> >
> >
>