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From: Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --depclean -p long list of packages
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:39:42
Message-Id: 20130420133947.GB10245@syscon7.inet
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --depclean -p long list of packages by Daniel Pielmeier
1 On 04/20/13 07:32, Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
2 >Joseph schrieb am 20.04.2013 03:09:
3 >> On 04/19/13 21:34, Neil Bothwick wrote:
4 >>> On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:27:25 -0600, Joseph wrote:
5 >>>
6 >>>> Can someone explain me why am I getting long list of packages when I
7 >>>> run: emerge --depclean
8 >>>
9 >>> Please post the exact command you used and the complete output.
10 >>>
11 >>
12 >> I always use: emerge --depclean -p
13 >> double check everything and then run: emerge --depclean
14 >>
15 >> The reason, I'm asking as sometimes I see normal output
16 ><SNIP>
17 >>
18 >>
19 >> and on other system I have a list of all my packages scrolling by as I
20 >> listed earlier.
21 >
22 >Pretty much sure there is a "-v" somewhere. I mean "emerge --depclean
23 >-p" vs. "emerge --depclean -pv". As with -v the output looks like the
24 >one you described.
25 >
26 >--
27 >Regards
28 >Daniel
29
30 No I'm not putting any "-v" on the command line, I use "|more" as the catch the beginning:
31 --------------
32 # emerge --depclean -p |more
33
34 * Depclean may break link level dependencies. Thus, it is
35 * recommended to use a tool such as `revdep-rebuild` (from
36 * app-portage/gentoolkit) in order to detect such breakage.
37 *
38 * Always study the list of packages to be cleaned for any obvious
39 * mistakes. Packages that are part of the world set will always
40 * be kept. They can be manually added to this set with
41 * `emerge --noreplace <atom>`. Packages that are listed in
42 * package.provided (see portage(5)) will be removed by
43 * depclean, even if they are part of the world set.
44 *
45 * As a safety measure, depclean will not remove any packages
46 * unless *all* required dependencies have been resolved. As a
47 * consequence, it is often necessary to run `emerge --update
48 * --newuse --deep @world` prior to depclean.
49
50 Calculating dependencies ... done!
51 app-admin/apache-tools-2.2.24 pulled in by:
52 www-servers/apache-2.2.24 requires ~app-admin/apache-tools-2.2.24
53
54 app-admin/eselect-1.3.4 pulled in by:
55 app-admin/eselect-fontconfig-1.1 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.3
56 app-admin/eselect-lib-bin-symlink-0.1.1 requires app-admin/eselect
57 app-admin/eselect-mesa-0.0.10 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4
58 app-admin/eselect-opencl-1.1.0-r1 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4
59 app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.2.6.1 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4
60 app-admin/eselect-php-0.6.2 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4
61 app-admin/eselect-pinentry-0.3 requires app-admin/eselect
62 app-admin/eselect-postgresql-1.0.10 requires app-admin/eselect
63 app-admin/eselect-python-20111108 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.3
64 app-admin/eselect-qtgraphicssystem-1.1.1 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4
65 app-admin/eselect-ruby-20100603 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.0.2
66 app-admin/eselect-wxwidgets-1.4 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.3
67 app-admin/eselect-xvmc-0.3 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.0.10
68 sys-apps/portage-2.1.11.55 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2
69
70 app-admin/eselect-fontconfig-1.1 pulled in by:
71 -------------
72
73 So I don't understand why it is listing all my packages.
74
75 --
76 Joseph

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --depclean -p long list of packages "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>