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Andrew Lowe wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I've done an: |
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> "emerge --pretend -NuD world" |
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> and whilst reviewing the output, it lists an old package that I played |
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> around with in the past but now no longer need. In turn I do: |
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> "emerge -C oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" |
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> the package is removed and I in turn do another |
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> "emerge --pretend -NuD world" |
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> but "oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" is still there, although emerge tells |
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> me its now gone from "U" to "N" ie Update to New. I've fired up "ufed" |
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> and removed what I thought would be the appropriate USE tag, run the |
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> emerge again and it's still there. I've tried: |
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> "equery depends oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" |
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> and it lists nothing as needing "oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" |
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> I've looked through the emerge help and nothing springs to mind as |
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> telling me why "oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" is being brought in. |
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> So after that rambling intro, is there a package/utility that will |
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> tell me, when in this situation, what package needs |
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> "oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" and why it is being brought into my emerge. |
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> Thanks for any help, |
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> Andrew |
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> p.s. Tried Google on this and just couldn't seem to get the right |
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> keywords o find anything..... |
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Check into the -t option. That should tell you what pulls it in even |
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tho it is not installed. Just add the -t to the option you already have. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |