Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --depclean: !!! sys-apps/less is part of your system

[Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>]

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On Dec 23, 2011 2:42 AM, "Mick" <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thursday 22 Dec 2011 19:07:02 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:58:32 +0100
> >
> > Jarry <mr.jarry@gmail.com> 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.
>
> $ cat /etc/env.d/99editor
> # Configuration file for eselect
> # This file has been automatically generated.
> EDITOR="/usr/bin/vi"
>
> You could replace for nano, or indeed add both in world file.  Ditto for
pager
> (more/less/most, etc).
>

'eselect pager list' and 'eselect editor list' will show what alternatives
are available (with a write-in candidate support).

Rgds,

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