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From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: acct-group packages ??
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 16:59:23
Message-Id: 20190804165906.obfc5xhi4nmere25@matica.foolinux.mooo.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] acct-group packages ?? by Neil Bothwick
1 On 2019-08-03 18:21, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2
3 > It seems odd that portage would want to install packages that weren't
4 > a dependency of something else. They are here, for example
5 >
6 > % emerge -cpv acct-group/kvm
7 >
8 > Calculating dependencies... done!
9 > acct-group/kvm-0 pulled in by:
10 > acct-user/qemu-0 requires acct-group/kvm
11 > app-emulation/qemu-4.0.0-r4 requires acct-group/kvm
12 > sys-apps/systemd-243_rc1-r1 requires acct-group/kvm
13
14 I see, I got caught (again) by the favorite gentoo sleight of hand of
15 updating a package and not bumping its version. In my case, eudev.
16
17 > I cna ytpe 300 wrods pre mniuet!!!
18
19 ;-)
20
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: acct-group packages ?? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>