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 1Rdthf-0004Jg-8l for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:13:43 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 801D921C07F; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:13:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D34DF21C07F for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:12:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com ([74.125.82.181]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RdtgK-0036Yj-1f for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:12:20 +0700 Received: by werm12 with SMTP id m12so4514537wer.40 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:12:16 -0800 (PST) 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 Received: by 10.216.136.231 with SMTP id w81mr7196247wei.3.1324602736448; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:12:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.103.70 with HTTP; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:12:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.103.70 with HTTP; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:12:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201112221937.51297.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <4EF37707.9010905@gmail.com> <4EF37DD8.40806@gmail.com> <20111222210702.27eb4b9a@rohan.example.com> <201112221937.51297.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:12:16 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --depclean: !!! sys-apps/less is part of your system From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6d7ec6793144404b4b81b93 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: d393ab36-5593-4422-843f-b7839a7a3ef3 X-Archives-Hash: 597268339d6187e8704ad8246267a1f3 --0016e6d7ec6793144404b4b81b93 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Dec 23, 2011 2:42 AM, "Mick" wrote: > > On Thursday 22 Dec 2011 19:07:02 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > 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. > > $ 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, --0016e6d7ec6793144404b4b81b93 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


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.co= m> 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 t= his 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!
> > >
> > > =C2=A0>>> Calculating removal order...
> > >
> > > !!! 'sys-fs/udev' (virtual/dev-manager) is part of y= our system
> > > profile. !!! Unmerging it may be damaging to your system. > > >
> > > =C2=A0>>> Waiting 10 seconds before starting...
> > > =C2=A0>>> (Control-C to abort)...
> > >
> > > Press Ctrl-C to Stop in: =C2=A010 9
> > >
> > > LOL, what the hell is going on? Porgage went crazy or what?<= br> > >
> > This has been in unstable for many months now. Basically there= 9;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 packag= e.
>
> $ cat /etc/env.d/99editor
> # 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. =C2=A0Di= tto 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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