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From: "Sebastian Günther" <samson@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:51:12
Message-Id: 20080901175108.GB24724@marvin.heimnetz.local
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python by Mick
1 * Mick (michaelkintzios@×××××.com) [01.09.08 19:35]:
2 > On Sunday 31 August 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 > > On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:04:03 +0100, Mick wrote:
4 > > > $ eix -Iu --only-names
5 > > > app-arch/lzma-utils
6 > > > dev-libs/libsigc++
7 > > > media-plugins/gst-plugins-x
8 > > > media-plugins/gst-plugins-xvideo
9 > > > sys-apps/hdparm
10 > > > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
11 > > > virtual/perl-Test-Harness
12 > > >
13 > > > However, when I run emerge -upDv --with-deps y world I get just one
14 > > > package:
15 > > >
16 > > > Where's the others gone?
17 > >
18 > > Probably old dependencies that are no longer needed? Did you run
19 > > emerge --depclean -p?
20 >
21 > No! --depclean is evil! :)) (and/or my system is borked).
22 >
23
24 Your system is borked! ;-)
25
26
27
28 > It tells me to remove dev-python/pycrypto, when portage seems to depend on it:
29 >
30 > # equery depends dev-python/pycrypto
31 > [ Searching for packages depending on dev-python/pycrypto... ]
32 > sys-apps/portage-2.1.4.4 (!build? >=dev-python/pycrypto-2.0.1-r6)
33 >
34
35 Well you could just add it to your world file, but I really think there
36 is something misconfigure on your system.
37
38 > Also, it tells me to remove hdparm-8.6. I noticed that there is a 8.7 version
39 > available, but emerge -uDv world does not pick this up . . . why would that
40 > be so?
41 >
42
43 hdparm is not in the world file, and since no other package is depending
44 on it, portage is considering it's removal.
45
46 with emerge -n hdparm you can add it.
47
48 > # emerge -upDv hdparm
49 >
50 > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
51 >
52 > Calculating dependencies... done!
53 > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/hdparm-8.9 [8.6] 75 kB
54 >
55 > Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 75 kB
56 > # emerge -upDv world
57 >
58 > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
59 >
60 > Calculating world dependencies |
61 > ... done!
62 >
63 > Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB
64
65 All correct: hdparm is not in your world file.
66
67 Sebastian
68
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