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From: Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] emerge --depclean -p long list of packages
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:27:11
Message-Id: 20130419202725.GA7727@syscon7.inet
1 Can someone explain me why am I getting long list of packages when I run: emerge --depclean
2
3 .....
4 xfce-base/xfdesktop-4.10.2 pulled in by:
5 xfce-base/xfce4-meta-4.10 requires >=xfce-base/xfdesktop-4.10
6
7 xfce-base/xfwm4-4.10.0-r1 pulled in by:
8 x11-themes/xfwm4-themes-4.10.0 requires >=xfce-base/xfwm4-4.10
9 xfce-base/xfce4-meta-4.10 requires >=xfce-base/xfwm4-4.10
10
11 xfce-extra/thunar-archive-plugin-0.3.0 pulled in by:
12 @selected requires xfce-extra/thunar-archive-plugin
13
14 xfce-extra/thunar-volman-0.8.0 pulled in by:
15 @selected requires xfce-extra/thunar-volman
16
17 xfce-extra/tumbler-0.1.25 pulled in by:
18 @selected requires xfce-extra/tumbler
19
20 xfce-extra/xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.6.2 pulled in by:
21 @selected requires xfce-extra/xfce4-datetime-plugin
22 ....
23
24 They are not selected for removal, they are just listed.
25
26 --
27 Joseph

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --depclean -p long list of packages Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>