[gentoo-user] "emerge --depclean" wants to unmerge app-editors/nano (part of system)

[gentoo-user] "emerge --depclean" wants to unmerge app-editors/nano (part of system)

[Jarry]

Hi,
I have this strange problem for a few days: after normal
updates (I think glib has been updated) I tried to run
"emerge --depclean" (as recommended) but got these messages:

-------------------------------
obelix ~ # emerge --depclean
<cut>
Calculating dependencies... done!
 >>> Calculating removal order...

!!! 'app-editors/nano' (virtual/editor) 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 8 7

Exiting on signal 2
obelix ~ #
-------------------------------

So why does "emerge --depclean" want to unmerge app-editors/nano
when it is part of system profile? I waited for a few days,
resynced portage tree a few times, but problem still persists...

Jarry

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Re: [gentoo-user] "emerge --depclean" wants to unmerge app-editors/nano (part of system)

[Andre Lucas Falco]

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Do you have another editor installed? If yes, portage tell you a remotion of
virtual/editor.

Unless you won't take to remove nano, it's possible to put him in @world
with this command: emerge --noreplace app-editors/nano.

Andre Lucas

2011/7/4 Jarry <mr.jarry@gmail.com>

> Hi,
> I have this strange problem for a few days: after normal
> updates (I think glib has been updated) I tried to run
> "emerge --depclean" (as recommended) but got these messages:
>
> ------------------------------**-
> obelix ~ # emerge --depclean
> <cut>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> >>> Calculating removal order...
>
> !!! 'app-editors/nano' (virtual/editor) 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 8 7
>
> Exiting on signal 2
> obelix ~ #
> ------------------------------**-
>
> So why does "emerge --depclean" want to unmerge app-editors/nano
> when it is part of system profile? I waited for a few days,
> resynced portage tree a few times, but problem still persists...
>
> Jarry
>
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Re: [gentoo-user] "emerge --depclean" wants to unmerge app-editors/nano (part of system)

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Jarry <mr.jarry@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have this strange problem for a few days: after normal
> updates (I think glib has been updated) I tried to run
> "emerge --depclean" (as recommended) but got these messages:
>
> -------------------------------
> obelix ~ # emerge --depclean
> <cut>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
>>>> Calculating removal order...
>
> !!! 'app-editors/nano' (virtual/editor) 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 8 7
>
> Exiting on signal 2
> obelix ~ #
> -------------------------------
>
> So why does "emerge --depclean" want to unmerge app-editors/nano
> when it is part of system profile? I waited for a few days,
> resynced portage tree a few times, but problem still persists...
>
> Jarry
>

Hi Jarry,
   This was discussed awhile back. Check the archives for the complete
thread. It was maybe a month ago.

   You won't cause any problems by removing nano although you won't be
able to edit if that's the only editor on your system. I've done
emerge -C nano for awhile. seen the same message when removing it, and
then after that no problems.

HTH,
Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] "emerge --depclean" wants to unmerge app-editors/nano (part of system)

[Jarry]

On 04-Jul-11 19:03, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Jarry<mr.jarry@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> obelix ~ # emerge --depclean
>> <cut>
>> Calculating dependencies... done!
>>>>> Calculating removal order...
>>
>> !!! 'app-editors/nano' (virtual/editor) is part of your system profile.
>> !!! Unmerging it may be damaging to your system.
>
>     This was discussed awhile back. Check the archives for the complete
> thread. It was maybe a month ago.

Sorry, did not notice it. I'm having this problem just a day or two...

>     You won't cause any problems by removing nano although you won't be
> able to edit if that's the only editor on your system. I've done
> emerge -C nano for awhile. seen the same message when removing it, and
> then after that no problems.

But this is the only editor installed on my system, so I do not want
to loose it. BTW, I have 7 nearly identical boxes, all of them updated
at the same time, the same architecture and use-flags, but only on
one of them portage wants to unmerge nano. That's strange...

Jarry