Re: [gentoo-user] how can I everr switch to profile 17.1?

[John Covici]

On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 12:46:43 -0400,
Dale wrote:
>
> John Covici wrote:
> > It would seem impossible for me to switch to profile 17.1.  I say this
> > because I can never run emerge --depclean .  I have a few packages
> > which will not compile and one not in the tree anymore.  the packages
> > which will not compile are mono-4.4.1.0 and totem-3.30 -- I have filed
> > bugs against both of them.  Inn no longer configures and I have
> > discussed this in another thread.  So, where can I go with this?  I
> > hate to just go forward, although these packages look they don't have
> > any lib32 dependencies.  Wat do you thihnk about this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >
> >
>
>
> I read other replies and had a thought.  Couldn't you run emerge -p
> --depclean and let it list what needs cleaning up, then clean it up
> manually with -C or some other option that works?  It would take more
> time to do it that way but at least you would have a cleaner system
> without removing your packages you want to keep.  May make the profile
> switch easier. 
>
> Also, you could use --exclude on --depclean as well.  Since I rarely
> reboot, I do manual updates on my kernel, I emerge them then mask them
> so it doesn't want to update every little version increase.  When I run
> --depclean, I have to use --exclude gentoo-sources to make it ignore my
> kernel sources.  In your case, emerge -p --depclean --exclude mono
> --exclude totem --exclude inn, assuming I have that last one spelled
> correctly. 
>
> Just make sure you use -a or -p with those first.  Wouldn't want to
> forget and really mess up something.  :/ 
>
> Would either of those work for you? 

Here is the exact output from emerge --depclean

Calculating dependencies  ........ done!
 * Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to
  * the following required packages not being installed:
   *
    *   gnome-base/gnome-desktop:3/12= pulled in by:
     *     media-video/totem-3.24.0
	 *
	  *   dev-libs/openssl:0/0= pulled in by:
	   *     net-nntp/inn-2.5.5-r1
	    *
	     * Have you forgotten to do a complete update prior to
            depclean? The
		   * most comprehensive command for this purpose is as
            follows:
		   *
		    *   emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y
                  @world
			    *
			     * Note that the --with-bdeps=y option is not
                      required in many
				   * situations. Refer to the emerge manual page
                      (run `man emerge`)
				   * for more information about --with-bdeps.
				    *
				     * Also, note that it may be necessary to
                           manually uninstall
					   * packages that no longer exist in the
                           repository, since it may not
					   * be possible to satisfy their
                           dependencies.
					  

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