Re: [gentoo-user] Installation loop...

[David Fellows]

>Hi,
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>on my system are installed (beside other things, of course... :)
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>[I] virtual/w3m
>     Available versions:  0
>     Installed versions:  0(03:51:00 AM 04/18/2020)
>     Description:         Virtual for the w3m web browser
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>[I] www-client/w3m
>     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"}
>     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")
>     Homepage:            https://github.com/tats/w3m
>     Description:         Text based WWW browser, supports tables and frames
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>Normally I do a cleanup after each upgrade/compilation/install like
>so:
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>    emerge --selective=n  @preserved-rebuild && emerge --depclean -va && eclean-dist -C -d -v && eix-test-obsolete
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>which removes
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>    virtual/w3m
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>then. Next upgrade, which looks liek:
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>    eix-sync ; emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y --tree --keep-going --backtrack=30 -v --verbose-conflicts -1 @world
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>it installs
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>    virtual/w3m
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>again.
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>And so on.
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>How can I stop this?

After this annoyed me for a month I did the following with by system in a
state with both installed:
    emerge --deselect www-client/w3m
    emerge --select virtual/w3m
Which stopped the foolishness.

>Are the commands I use fishy?
>What is the reason of this loop -- other parts of the system will not
>be reinstalled over and over again.... ?

In my case, I had installed www-client/w3m explicitly to satisfy a program
that was installed outside portage possibly before there was a virtual/w3m.

DaveF

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>Cheers!
>Meino
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