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On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:28:29 -0500 |
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Ben Kohler <bkohler@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Use -c rather than -C, like grknight suggested, and it will. |
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It does not remove, but does not say why either. Which a user may |
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likely proceed with using -C, as -c had no effect nor did it say why it |
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took no action. |
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# emerge -pc tomcat-servlet-api |
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Calculating dependencies... done! |
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>>> No packages selected for removal by depclean |
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>>> To see reverse dependencies, use --verbose |
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Packages installed: 1779 |
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Packages in world: 194 |
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Packages in system: 257 |
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Required packages: 1779 |
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Number to remove: 0 |
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Even when using -C, you still get a warning. Which should happen for |
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deps just like it does system/world packages. |
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# emerge -pC gcc |
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* This action can remove important packages! In order to be safer, 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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>>> These are the packages that would be unmerged: |
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!!! 'sys-devel/gcc' is part of your system profile. |
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!!! Unmerging it may be damaging to your system. |
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sys-devel/gcc |
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selected: 6.3.0 |
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protected: none |
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omitted: none |
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All selected packages: =sys-devel/gcc-6.3.0 |
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>>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. |
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>>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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