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On 2021-07-25 13:26+0100 Wols Lists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On 25/07/21 12:47, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> >> They are, @system is a set of packages and nothing it it will be |
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> >> > depcleaned. However, openrc is not part of @system, the virtual |
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> >> > is. |
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> > Ah, that's it. So we have critical system packages which aren't |
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> > part of @system. I think openrc is a critical system package. |
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> Well, it's not installed on my new system. I doubt it's installed on |
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> any new-ish gentoo-gnome systems. So openrc itself can't be critical. |
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> It may be critical for *your* system ... :-) |
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> Let's rephrase it - "openrc is one of the (optional) packages that |
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> satisfied a critical dependency". Your problem is caused because you |
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> have explicitly installed an alternate package that satisfies the same |
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> critical dependency. |
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Maybe OpenRC should come pre-recorded into @world on profiles that |
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default to it. If I switch to another init system I can explicitly |
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uninstall OpenRC. Forgetting to uninstall it is no big deal. |
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Accidentally uninstalling it makes my system unbootable. |
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