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On Dec 23, 2011 2:42 AM, "Mick" <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Thursday 22 Dec 2011 19:07:02 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:58:32 +0100 |
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> > Jarry <mr.jarry@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > On 22-Dec-11 19:38, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> > > >> Why does portage want to unmerge sys-apps/less when it is |
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> > > >> a part of system? |
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> > > > |
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> > > > I didn't like it either so I've been adding it to |
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> > > > /var/lib/portage/world just to stop it. I've seen this on one |
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> > > > machine or another for 6 months to a year I think. |
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> > > |
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> > > Some time ago emerge wanted to uninstall "nano" - part of system. |
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> > > Now "less". I just tried to update one more comp, and guess what? |
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> > > |
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> > > # emerge --depclean |
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> > > Calculating dependencies... done! |
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> > > |
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> > > >>> Calculating removal order... |
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> > > |
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> > > !!! 'sys-fs/udev' (virtual/dev-manager) is part of your system |
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> > > profile. !!! Unmerging it may be damaging to your system. |
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> > > |
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> > > >>> Waiting 10 seconds before starting... |
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> > > >>> (Control-C to abort)... |
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> > > |
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> > > Press Ctrl-C to Stop in: 10 9 |
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> > > |
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> > > LOL, what the hell is going on? Porgage went crazy or what? |
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> > |
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> > This has been in unstable for many months now. Basically there's now a |
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> > virtual for $EDITOR and $PAGER so you can pick the one you want. If you |
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> > don't pick one, portage will take the default and --depclean is likely |
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> > to remove the others that are not in world. |
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> > |
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> > This was all discussed to death months ago :-) |
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> > |
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> > Just add your editor and pager of choice to world and continue as |
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> > normal. It's not a big issue - you already know you want less and have |
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> > no intention of removing it, so just add it like any other package. |
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> $ cat /etc/env.d/99editor |
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> # Configuration file for eselect |
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> # This file has been automatically generated. |
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> EDITOR="/usr/bin/vi" |
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> You could replace for nano, or indeed add both in world file. Ditto for |
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pager |
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> (more/less/most, etc). |
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'eselect pager list' and 'eselect editor list' will show what alternatives |
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are available (with a write-in candidate support). |
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Rgds, |
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