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On Friday 13 November 2009 14:39:52 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:15 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > Almost invariably it's an automagic dependency where the offending |
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> > package is not in DEPEND. If you have been through the cycle at least |
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> > once, it is safe to delete /var/lib/portage/preserved_libs_registry and |
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> > continue on your way. |
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> Won't that leave orphaned libraries hanging around since they aren't |
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> removed until emerges complete successfully? I've seen this behaviour |
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> before, where the list gets shorter each time and let it run its course. |
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> It may take longer, but you know it's safe. |
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Interesting point. My tests before indicated that a full --depclean sorted |
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everything out, but I can't be certain. @preserved-rebuild deletes orphans |
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once it's complete, but it would be nice to verify what happens otherwise. |
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Unfortunately, it's been a long time since any of my machines got stuck in |
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this loop. I must have earned some good joss in recent months... |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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