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From: tuxic@××××××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Installation loop...
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 01:10:11
Message-Id: 20200419011000.ej3hcbaxu3zw7pij@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Installation loop... by David Fellows
1 Hi Dave,
2
3 that works! :)
4 Thanks a lot!
5
6 Cheers!
7 Meino
8
9
10
11 On 04/18 10:14, David Fellows wrote:
12 > >Hi,
13 > >
14 > >on my system are installed (beside other things, of course... :)
15 > >
16 > >[I] virtual/w3m
17 > > Available versions: 0
18 > > Installed versions: 0(03:51:00 AM 04/18/2020)
19 > > Description: Virtual for the w3m web browser
20 > >
21 > >[I] www-client/w3m
22 > > Available versions: 0.5.3_p20180125 (~)0.5.3_p20190105 {X fbcon gdk-pixbuf gpm imlib libressl lynxkeymap nls nntp ssl unicode xface L10N="de ja"}
23 > > Installed versions: 0.5.3_p20190105(08:50:56 AM 04/10/2020)(X nls ssl unicode -fbcon -gdk-pixbuf -gpm -imlib -libressl -lynxkeymap -nntp -xface L10N="-de -ja")
24 > > Homepage: https://github.com/tats/w3m
25 > > Description: Text based WWW browser, supports tables and frames
26 > >
27 > >
28 > >Normally I do a cleanup after each upgrade/compilation/install like
29 > >so:
30 > >
31 > >
32 > > emerge --selective=n @preserved-rebuild && emerge --depclean -va && eclean-dist -C -d -v && eix-test-obsolete
33 > >
34 > >which removes
35 > >
36 > > virtual/w3m
37 > >
38 > >then. Next upgrade, which looks liek:
39 > >
40 > > eix-sync ; emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y --tree --keep-going --backtrack=30 -v --verbose-conflicts -1 @world
41 > >
42 > >it installs
43 > >
44 > > virtual/w3m
45 > >
46 > >again.
47 > >
48 > >And so on.
49 > >
50 > >How can I stop this?
51 >
52 > After this annoyed me for a month I did the following with by system in a
53 > state with both installed:
54 > emerge --deselect www-client/w3m
55 > emerge --select virtual/w3m
56 > Which stopped the foolishness.
57 >
58 > >Are the commands I use fishy?
59 > >What is the reason of this loop -- other parts of the system will not
60 > >be reinstalled over and over again.... ?
61 >
62 > In my case, I had installed www-client/w3m explicitly to satisfy a program
63 > that was installed outside portage possibly before there was a virtual/w3m.
64 >
65 > DaveF
66 >
67 > >
68 > >Cheers!
69 > >Meino
70 > >
71 > >
72 > >
73 > >
74 >