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From: Thufir <hawat.thufir@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] depclean pwdb?
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:59:07
Message-Id: bf6b6d5c0707142148x56f2ec04kc53ebb3b7ba1fb75@mail.gmail.com
1 Why does depclean "want" to remove the pwdb package? Should I just
2 put it in the world so that depclean goes past it?
3
4 localhost ~ #
5 localhost ~ #
6 localhost ~ # cat /etc/gentoo-release
7 Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9
8 localhost ~ #
9 localhost ~ # emerge --depclean --ask
10
11 *** WARNING *** Depclean may break link level dependencies. Thus, it is
12 *** WARNING *** recommended to use a tool such as `revdep-rebuild` (from
13 *** WARNING *** app-portage/gentoolkit) in order to detect such breakage.
14 *** WARNING ***
15 *** WARNING *** Also study the list of packages to be cleaned for any obvious
16 *** WARNING *** mistakes. Packages that are part of the world set will always
17 *** WARNING *** be kept. They can be manually added to this set with
18 *** WARNING *** `emerge --noreplace <atom>`. Packages that are listed in
19 *** WARNING *** package.provided (see portage(5)) will be removed by
20 *** WARNING *** depclean, even if they are part of the world set.
21 *** WARNING ***
22 *** WARNING *** As a safety measure, depclean will not remove any packages
23 *** WARNING *** unless *all* required dependencies have been resolved. As a
24 *** WARNING *** consequence, it is often necessary to run
25 *** WARNING *** `emerge --update --newuse --deep world` prior to depclean.
26
27 Calculating dependencies... done!
28
29
30 >>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:
31
32 sys-libs/pwdb
33 selected: 0.62
34 protected: none
35 omitted: none
36
37 sys-kernel/livecd-kernel
38 selected: 1
39 protected: none
40 omitted: none
41
42 >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
43 >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.
44
45 Would you like to unmerge these packages? [Yes/No] n
46
47 Quitting.
48
49 Packages installed: 565
50 Packages in world: 14
51 Packages in system: 55
52 Unique package names: 565
53 Required packages: 563
54 Number to remove: 2
55 localhost ~ #
56 localhost ~ # date
57 Sun Jul 15 04:44:29 UTC 2007
58 localhost ~ #
59 localhost ~ #
60
61
62 pwdb: <http://packages.gentoo.org/ebuilds/?pwdb-0.62>
63
64
65 thanks,
66
67 Thufir
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Re: [gentoo-user] depclean pwdb? Crayon Shin Chan <crayon.shin.chan.uk@×××××.com>