I remove these packages, and then:<br><br># emerge -pvutDN world<br><br>These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:<br><br>Calculating dependencies... done!<br>[nomerge       ] app-editors/emacs-23.3-r2  USE=&quot;X gtk gzip-el jpeg png xft xpm -Xaw3d -alsa (-aqua) -athena -dbus -gconf -gif -gpm -hesiod -kerberos -livecd -m17n-lib -motif -sound -source -svg -tiff -toolkit-scroll-bars&quot; <br>

[nomerge       ]  app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo-1.2-r2  USE=&quot;X -emacs22icons&quot; <br>[ebuild  N     ]   virtual/emacs-23  0 kB<br>[ebuild  N     ]    app-editors/emacs-23.3-r2  USE=&quot;X gtk gzip-el jpeg png xft xpm -Xaw3d -alsa (-aqua) -athena -dbus -gconf -gif -gpm -hesiod -kerberos -livecd -m17n-lib -motif -sound -source -svg -tiff -toolkit-scroll-bars&quot; 37,842 kB<br>

[ebuild  N     ]     app-admin/eselect-emacs-1.13  8 kB<br>[ebuild  N     ]      app-admin/eselect-ctags-1.13  0 kB<br>[ebuild  N     ]     app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo-1.2-r2  USE=&quot;X -emacs22icons&quot; 46 kB<br><br>

<br>the -t option should display the dependence, <br>it seems all new packages (N) are needed by <br>app-editors/emacs-23.3-r2, but app-editors/emacs-23.3-r2 is not installed.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Joseph <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:syscon780@gmail.com" target="_blank">syscon780@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">I don&#39;t use emacs so running:<br>
emerge -pv emacs (wants to pull the following pacages on amd64)<br>
[ebuild  N     ] app-admin/eselect-ctags-1.13  8 kB<br>
[ebuild  N     ] app-admin/eselect-emacs-1.13  0 kB<br>
[ebuild  N     ] app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo-<u></u>1.2-r2  [ebuild  N     ] app-editors/emacs-23.3-r2   [ebuild  N     ] virtual/emacs-23  0 kB<br>
<br>
just check which one you have installed and pull down the one you are missing.<br><font color="#888888">
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--<br>
Joseph</font><div><div></div><div><br>
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On 11/06/11 11:56, Zhang Jun wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
  # emerge -pvutDN world<br>
<br>
  These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:<br>
<br>
  Calculating dependencies... done!<br>
  [nomerge       ] app-editors/emacs-23.3-r2  USE=&quot;X gtk gzip-el jpeg png<br>
  xft xpm -Xaw3d -alsa (-aqua) -athena -dbus -gconf -gif -gpm -hesiod<br>
  -kerberos -livecd -m17n-lib -motif -sound -source -svg -tiff<br>
  -toolkit-scroll-bars&quot;<br>
  [nomerge       ]  app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo-<u></u>1.2-r2  USE=&quot;X<br>
  -emacs22icons&quot;<br>
  [ebuild  N     ]   virtual/emacs-23  0 kB<br>
  [ebuild  N     ]    app-editors/emacs-23.3-r2  USE=&quot;X gtk gzip-el jpeg png<br>
  xft xpm -Xaw3d -alsa (-aqua) -athena -dbus -gconf -gif -gpm -hesiod<br>
  -kerberos -livecd -m17n-lib -motif -sound -source -svg -tiff<br>
  -toolkit-scroll-bars&quot; 37,842 kB<br>
  [ebuild  N     ]     app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo-<u></u>1.2-r2  USE=&quot;X<br>
  -emacs22icons&quot; 46 kB<br>
<br>
  Total: 3 packages (3 new), Size of downloads: 37,888 kB<br>
<br>
  question is, which package makes emerge want to install emacs ?<br>
  I used to use emacs from portage, but just unmerged it, want to use a<br>
  special version from dev source.<br>
<br>
  thanks!<br>
</blockquote>
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