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From: Julien Roy <julien@××××.ca>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Can't get rid of preserved libs
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2021 20:39:43
Message-Id: Mp3C7X6--3-2@jroy.ca
1 Hello,
2
3 Some time ago I installed Steam on my system, which required me to add the abi_x86_32 USE flag to a bunch of packages. Eventually I removed Steam from my system and thus removed the abi_x86_32 USE flag from those packages and rebuilt them, but now ever since doing that, I am stuck with a message telling me about preserve libs and to run emerge @preserved-rebuild to get rid of them, which I tried of course, but it doesn't actually rebuild anything and the message stays.
4
5 I also tried manually rebuilding those packages, rebuilding packages which depended on them, I even tried to rebuild @world in an effort to get rid of this message, but nothing seems to be working.
6 The list of affected libs are as follows:
7 !!! existing preserved libs:
8 >>> package: app-arch/bzip2-1.0.8-r1
9 *  - /usr/lib/libbz2.so.1
10 *  - /usr/lib/libbz2.so.1.0.8
11 *      used by /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (preserved)
12 *      used by /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.18.0 (preserved)
13 >>> package: dev-libs/glib-2.68.4
14 *  - /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
15 *  - /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.6800.4
16 *      used by /usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0 (preserved)
17 *      used by /usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0.20901.0 (preserved)
18 >>> package: dev-libs/libpcre-8.45
19 *  - /usr/lib/libpcre.so.1
20 *  - /usr/lib/libpcre.so.1.2.13
21 *      used by /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (preserved)
22 *      used by /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.6800.4 (preserved)
23 >>> package: media-gfx/graphite2-1.3.14
24 *  - /usr/lib/libgraphite2.so.3
25 *  - /usr/lib/libgraphite2.so.3.2.1
26 *      used by /usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0 (preserved)
27 *      used by /usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0.20901.0 (preserved)
28 >>> package: media-libs/freetype-2.11.0-r1
29 *  - /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
30 *  - /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.18.0
31 *      used by /usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0 (preserved)
32 *      used by /usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0.20901.0 (preserved)
33 >>> package: media-libs/harfbuzz-2.9.1
34 *  - /usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0
35 *  - /usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0.20901.0
36 *      used by /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (preserved)
37 *      used by /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.18.0 (preserved)
38 >>> package: media-libs/libpng-1.6.37-r2
39 *  - /usr/lib/libpng16.so.16
40 *  - /usr/lib/libpng16.so.16.37.0
41 *      used by /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (preserved)
42 *      used by /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.18.0 (preserved)
43 >>> package: sys-libs/zlib-1.2.11-r4
44 *  - /usr/lib/libz.so.1
45 *  - /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.11
46 *      used by /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (preserved)
47 *      used by /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.18.0 (preserved)
48 *      used by /usr/lib/libpng16.so.16 (preserved)
49 *      used by /usr/lib/libpng16.so.16.37.0 (preserved)
50 Use emerge @preserved-rebuild to rebuild packages using these libraries
51
52 I would appreciate any help to get rid of this message.
53
54 Thanks,
55 Julien
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Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get rid of preserved libs Wol <antlists@××××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get rid of preserved libs Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>