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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What's the best way to force a particular version of a dependency
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2020 22:22:13
Message-Id: 293bd7c5-3ab6-7815-ad42-681221791e47@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What's the best way to force a particular version of a dependency by n952162
1 n952162 wrote:
2 > On 2020-06-07 23:37, Dale wrote:
3 >> J. Roeleveld wrote:
4 >>>
5 >>> You need to add "-1" or "--oneshot".
6 >>>
7 >>> As this has been used, I would definitely expect the world-file to be full of this, causing issues with updates later.
8 >>>
9 >>> Also, by restricting to @system, any packages not in @system with a restriction on readline V8 will cause the mentioned problem.
10 >>>
11 >>> @system is, for me, a lasr resort, but I tend to move my world file away (rename) and put it back once @system is done and a depclean finished. This is usually only needed after not updating for a while and/or big changes in the tree.
12 >>>
13 >>> --
14 >>> Joost
15 >>
16 >>
17 >> Would OP posting the world file help?  I'm sure some of us could
18 >> recognize things that shouldn't be there and could help clean it up. 
19 >> Things with a specific version should be given a hard look. 
20 >>
21 >> Dale
22 >>
23 >> :-)  :-) 
24 >
25 >
26 > That would be a fantastic opportunity, but I'm not sure when tomorrow
27 > the update will be done  ;-)
28 >
29 >
30
31
32 It won't hurt to get the info even while it is updating.  As long as you
33 are not emerging anything new, it shouldn't change.  This will get the
34 info.
35
36
37 cat /var/lib/portage/world
38
39
40 Then copy the output and paste it in a email.  It's plain text so post
41 the whole thing.  You could just attach the file as well.  Either way
42 should work.
43
44 Dale
45
46 :-)  :-)