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On Monday 05 September 2005 04:07, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> 050904 Andrew Gaffney wrote: |
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> > Philip Webb wrote: |
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> >> I actually have |
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> >> /etc/make.profile -> /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.1 |
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> >> So when I enter 'emerge -Cp devfsd', why do I get : |
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> >> "!!! Trying to unmerge package(s) in system profile. 'sys-fs/devfsd' |
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> >> !!! This could be damaging to your system" |
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> > Most likely, you're seeing this because the 'system' target contains |
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> > 'virtual/dev-manager' (defined in /usr/portage/profiles/base/). |
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> > devfsd satisfies this dependency (as well as udev). |
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> > Portage apparently isn't smart enough to notice |
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> > that there's another package installed that satisfies this dependency. |
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> > You can safely unmerge devfsd if you have udev installed and working. |
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> Yes, someone provided a very clear explanation to my parallel query |
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> & yes, Devfsd's ebuild does have a similar 'PROVIDE' line to Joe's. |
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> As you say, Portage lacks intelligence here: |
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> it needs to be educated to check for other packages |
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> or in the meantime make a less forthright warning. |
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> Thanx for your explanation, which is what I really wanted. |
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Not always possible. If you have two gccs installed and decide to unmerge |
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one of them, it is completely possible that it'd break half of your system. |
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Jason Stubbs |
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