On Oct 21, 2013 6:59 PM, "Joseph" <syscon780@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When I run: emerge --depclean entire portage tree scrolling by what is causing it?
>
> It should be something like this:
> emerge --depclean -p
>
> * Always study the list of packages to be cleaned for any obvious
> * mistakes. Packages that are part of the world set will always
> * be kept.  They can be manually added to this set with
> * `emerge --noreplace <atom>`.  Packages that are listed in
> * package.provided (see portage(5)) will be removed by
> * depclean, even if they are part of the world set.
> * * As a safety measure, depclean will not remove any packages
> * unless *all* required dependencies have been resolved.  As a
> * consequence, it is often necessary to run `emerge --update
> * --newuse --deep @world` prior to depclean.
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
>>>>
>>>> No packages selected for removal by depclean
>>>> To see reverse dependencies, use --verbose
>
> Packages installed:   778
> Packages in world:    173
> Packages in system:   43
> Required packages:    778
> Number to remove:     0
>
> --
> Joseph
>

Have you set --verbose (-v) in make.conf as emerge default opts?