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On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 2:25 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. <wlt-ml@××××××.com> |
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> On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:15:35 -0400 |
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> "William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > # emerge -pC tomcat-servlet-api |
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> > * This action can remove important packages! In order to be safer, |
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> > use |
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> > * `emerge -pv --depclean <atom>` to check for reverse dependencies |
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> > before |
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> > * removing packages. |
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> Rather than a message like the above. I think portage should generate a |
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> message/warning saying you are removing a package that is not in your |
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> world file. Which means you are removing a package you did not install |
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> directly. Just like if you were to remove a system package. |
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> That way people would know if they are removing something that is a |
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> dependency. |
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> -- |
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> William L. Thomson Jr. |
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Use -c rather than -C, like grknight suggested, and it will. |
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-Ben |
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