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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to resume 'emerge -e @world' after grub fails?
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 20:22:45
Message-Id: 20171219202227.0762739f@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] How to resume 'emerge -e @world' after grub fails? by Dale
1 On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 11:45:58 -0600, Dale wrote:
2
3 > > You can prevent depclean from removing gcc and kernel like this
4 > >
5 > > % cat /etc/portage/sets.conf
6 > > [kernels]
7 > > class = portage.sets.dbapi.OwnerSet
8 > > world-candidate = False
9 > > files = /usr/src
10 > >
11 > > [gcc]
12 > > class = portage.sets.dbapi.OwnerSet
13 > > world-candidate = False
14 > > files = /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin
15 > >
16 > > Then add @kernels and @gcc to world_sets. I do this and now those
17 > > packages have to be unmerged manually.
18
19 > I thought at one time we could specify versions or slots in the world
20 > file.  Has that changed? 
21
22 AFAIK you still can, but that means having to add each version to @world.
23 This way automates it and needs no further action from you once it's set
24 up.
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28 Neil Bothwick
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30 We can sympathize with a child who is afraid of the dark, but the
31 tragedy of life is that most people are afraid of the light.