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>>>>>> When this was asked a few weeks ago someone then asked why |
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>>>>>> --with-bdeps Y isn't the default? This seems to burn nearly everyone |
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>>>>>> once in awhile. |
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>>>>>> |
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>>>>> Because using --with-bdeps y causes unnecessary compilation of packages |
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>>>>> that don't need t0 be changed. They won't be used again until the |
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>>>>> dependent package is updated, so why waste time rebuilding them in the |
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>>>>> interim? |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> No one really gets "burned" by this, they just wonder why installed |
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>>>>> packages aren't upgraded, nothing stops working. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>> |
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>>>> I added: |
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>>>> |
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>>>> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps n" |
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>>>> |
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>>>> to make.conf and ran 'emerge --depclean' and it got rid of a bunch of |
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>>>> stuff, but I'm still confused by boost. --depclean didn't remove it, |
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>>>> 'emerge -avDuN world' doesn't downgrade it even --with-bdeps y, but |
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>>>> 'emerge -pv boost' would downgrade it. I also re-emerged twinkle and |
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>>>> rb_libtorrent which are the packages that depend on boost, but the |
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>>>> result is the same. |
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>>>> |
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>>>> Also man seems to be broken after that --depclean. When I try to use |
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>>>> it, I get errors starting with: |
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>>>> |
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>>>> sh: /usr/bin/unlzma: No such file or directory |
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>>>> |
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>>>> - Grant |
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>>>> |
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>>>> |
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>>> |
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>>> |
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>>> This may help. |
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>>> |
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>>> root@smoker / # equery belongs /usr/bin/unlzma |
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>>> [ Searching for file(s) /usr/bin/unlzma in *... ] |
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>>> app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.7 (/usr/bin/unlzma -> lzma) |
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>>> root@smoker / # |
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>>> |
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>>> I would rebuild that or see why it is not already installed. I would |
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>>> think that would be part of system??? I'm not sure tho. |
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>> |
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>> I seem to recall some switch from LZMA to BZ2 manpages in an |
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>> etc-update recently ... |
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> |
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> emerging lzma-utils fixed it, thank you. I always etc-update as soon |
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> as the packages are built. Should lzma-utils be a dependency of |
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> something? |
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> |
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> - Grant |
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Weird, --depclean wants to remove lzma-utils again even though: |
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# equery depends lzma-utils |
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[ Searching for packages depending on lzma-utils... ] |
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dev-libs/mpfr-2.3.2 (app-arch/lzma-utils) |
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media-libs/libpng-1.2.34 (app-arch/lzma-utils) |
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media-libs/netpbm-10.44.00-r1 (app-arch/lzma-utils) |
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net-dns/dnsmasq-2.45 (app-arch/lzma-utils) |
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net-misc/netkit-rsh-0.17-r9 (app-arch/lzma-utils) |
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sys-apps/coreutils-6.10-r2 (app-arch/lzma-utils) |
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sys-apps/net-tools-1.60_p20071202044231-r1 (app-arch/lzma-utils) |
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sys-devel/m4-1.4.11 (app-arch/lzma-utils) |
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sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.27-r2 (app-arch/lzma-utils) |
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sys-libs/gpm-1.20.5 (app-arch/lzma-utils) |
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Maybe it's listed as a build-time dependency of coreutils when it |
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should be runtime? |
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- Grant |
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