Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading ~x68 kde-4.2 to kde-4.3 question

[Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>]

On 26 Aug, Dale wrote:
> Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>> On 26 Aug, Dale wrote:
>>   
>>> Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>>>     
>>>> On 16 Aug, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>>>> Am Sonntag 16 August 2009 21:12:30 schrieb Dirk Heinrichs:
>>>>>
>>>>>     
>>>>>         
>>>>>> 2) No need to unmerge anything (except one or two blockers).
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>           
>>>>> However, you can unmerge 4.2.x, if you like to.
>>>>>
>>>>>     
>>>>>         
>>>> How to do that in a simple way?
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, 
>>>> emerge --unmerge kde-base/kde-meta:4.2
>>>> only unmerges the meta package itself.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for a hint ( I'm afraid of any kde updates
>>>> since they always have created more headaches than any
>>>> other package or set of packages )
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>> Not tested but should work.  Use the -p option to make sure.
>>>
>>> Unmerge kde-meta:4.2
>>> emerge --depclean -p
>>>
>>> If that looks good, remove the -p.  It should only remove kde:4.2 and
>>> what depends on it.  If you wait a while, I may be about to do this. 
>>> I'm doing the same thing as you.  This DSL is soooooo cool.  :-) 
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> I have difficulties doing so. 'emerge --depclean' requires a recent
>> emerge --update --newuse --deep @system @world
>> which tries to update kde, as well.
>> I'm just trying to mask all kde-base packages, then doing emerge
>> --update --newuse --deep @system @world
>>
>> Still, quite tedious.
>> Helmut.
>>
>>   
> 
> It may not work but then again it might.  emerge --depclean -p
> kde-meta:4.2 .

This gives

>>> No packages selected for removal by depclean

Helmut.