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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --depclean: !!! sys-apps/less is part of your system
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:08:32
Message-Id: 20111222210702.27eb4b9a@rohan.example.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --depclean: !!! sys-apps/less is part of your system by Jarry
1 On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:58:32 +0100
2 Jarry <mr.jarry@×××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > On 22-Dec-11 19:38, Mark Knecht wrote:
5 > >>
6 > >> Why does portage want to unmerge sys-apps/less when it is
7 > >> a part of system?
8 > >
9 > > I didn't like it either so I've been adding it to
10 > > /var/lib/portage/world just to stop it. I've seen this on one
11 > > machine or another for 6 months to a year I think.
12 >
13 > Some time ago emerge wanted to uninstall "nano" - part of system.
14 > Now "less". I just tried to update one more comp, and guess what?
15 >
16 > # emerge --depclean
17 > Calculating dependencies... done!
18 > >>> Calculating removal order...
19 >
20 > !!! 'sys-fs/udev' (virtual/dev-manager) is part of your system
21 > profile. !!! Unmerging it may be damaging to your system.
22 >
23 > >>> Waiting 10 seconds before starting...
24 > >>> (Control-C to abort)...
25 > Press Ctrl-C to Stop in: 10 9
26 >
27 > LOL, what the hell is going on? Porgage went crazy or what?
28
29 This has been in unstable for many months now. Basically there's now a
30 virtual for $EDITOR and $PAGER so you can pick the one you want. If you
31 don't pick one, portage will take the default and --depclean is likely
32 to remove the others that are not in world.
33
34 This was all discussed to death months ago :-)
35
36 Just add your editor and pager of choice to world and continue as
37 normal. It's not a big issue - you already know you want less and have
38 no intention of removing it, so just add it like any other package.
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42 --
43 Alan McKinnnon
44 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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