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Dale schreef: |
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> Bob Sanders wrote: |
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>> Before you do that, get rid of /root/.revdep* Run - python-updater |
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>> Then - perl-cleaner all Then - emerge -uDNav world Then - |
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>> revdep-rebuild -p |
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> OK. I went in circles with those for a while. I have now come to a |
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> brick wall here. I had a earlier thread about this just in case. I |
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> have a package.use file that tells it not to do the doc thing for |
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> gentoo-sources but it seems it is more stubborn than I am. |
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>> root@smoker / # emerge -uDNavp world |
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>>>>> --pretend disables --ask... removing --ask from options. |
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>> These are the packages that I would merge, in order: |
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>> Calculating world dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] |
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>> app-text/xmlto-0.0.18 0 kB |
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>> Total size of downloads: 0 kB root@smoker / # |
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Did you re-emerge gentoo-sources after removing the "doc" USE flag? |
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If not, then the currently installed version, which was installed using |
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the "doc" flag, would still require that xmlto be installed. |
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That brings me to another question, because if you didn't re-emerge |
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gentoo-sources, and you have changed the USE flag, then it *should* be |
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coming up as recompileable when you do a --newuse (-N). |
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Why isn't it? Most likely because you have not actually changed the USE |
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flag. |
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What is the format of the relevant entry in /etc/portage/package.use? |
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If it does not look like this |
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sys-kernel/gentoo-sources -doc |
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then fix it. Alternatively, you could just remove "doc" or add "-doc" to |
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/etc/make.conf, if you don't use that USE flag the majority of the time, |
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and only add it for those packages you *do* use it for. This is how I do |
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it, doc is off by default, but enabled specifically for imagemagick, for |
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which I need all the docs I can get. |
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Also, try |
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emerge -uDNptv world |
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emerge --update --deep --newuse --pretend --tree --verbose |
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(with --tree being the important change) |
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to see what packages are requiring xmlto. We're |
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just guessing that it's gentoo-sources, really; maybe it's not. |
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> I did take the -p out and try it but it failed, like I expected. May |
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> be something in the command that is making it want to ignore the |
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> package.use file. Anyway . . . . . . |
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No, your syntax in package.use is likely wrong. Happens to all of us. :-) . |
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> OK, the revdep-rebuild command now gives me this: |
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> Dynamic linking on your system is consistent... All done. |
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Great. No more need to deal with that atm, then. |
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> Don't get me started on that libingif and giflib circle either. :/ |
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> I'm not sure what to do about that. The forums don't seem to have a |
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> fix either. If I emerge it, it gripes, if I unmerge it, it gripes. |
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> I'm confused. |
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> What next, hammer? Will a emerge -ev world help those broken things? |
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*Will* you stop trying to get authorization for emerge -e at every |
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opportunity!!!??? :-) |
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It's really not necessary. And you're getting yourself all worked up |
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over a relatively minor issue (or in fact a couple of them). |
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As I said, you probably have a typo in /etc/portage/package.use. You |
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want to spend a week reinstalling your system over a typo? |
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As for the gif/libungif problem, search the ML archives; we just talked |
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about this last week. I'd have to look it up, but iirc the solution has |
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to do with uninstalling either gif or libungif and the program that's |
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being a problem about it, then reinstalling the apps in the correct order. |
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But depending on your usage patterns, perhaps you don't even need to |
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worry about this *at this minute*. If the program or programs that |
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depend on the gif/libungif circle are not mission critical for you atm |
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(or you aren't using it because you're solving the other issues), then |
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put the issue on the back burner for now. |
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Basically, you seem to be upset because Portage is having a fit when you |
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try to update world. Not because a program is broken, or because you |
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can't do some specific task (because a program is broken). If that is a |
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correct assessment of the situation, then have some perspective. |
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You don't have to update world every day, or even every month. So don't. |
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If things work OK for what you need them to do, then the fact that you |
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can't update easily right now is *not a problem*. Certainly not one |
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needing a reinstall of the entire system. |
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If something specific is broken due to the gif/libungif issue, then tell |
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us what that is. It may be that gif/libungif needs to be sorted out to |
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fix whatever is broken, but we can cross that bridge when we come to it. |
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It's really not a big deal. Relax. |
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Holly |
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