Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update --deep world installs unwanted packages

[Andrew Syrewicze]

Daniel da Veiga wrote:
> On 8/8/06, Andrew Syrewicze <asyrewicze@×××××.com> wrote:
>> Hey eveyone. This is probably a really simple question. I've used debian
>> for many  years and recnetly made a permanent switch to gentoo, so i'm a
>> bit noobish when it comes to portage.
>>
>> I had pretty much all the programs I want installed on my machine so i
>> figured I should run an update to keep everything current, so i ran
>> "emerge --update --deep  world".
>>
>> This reinstalled two packages that I had recently removed like epiphany,
>> and evolution. When I removed these prior to the update I followed the
>> portage documentation on removing them, and ran the proper sequence of
>> commands.
>>
>> so, my question is. How can I stop portage from reinstallin g these
>> packages everytime I run an update???
>>
>
> They're probably dependencies from another package. Try
>
> emerge -uDpvt world
>
> That is a short for "--update --depp --pretend --verbose --tree".
>
I ran that command and they showed up in the list, among other things.
How would I go about fixing that???

    -ando
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