On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 2:25 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. <wlt...@o-sinc.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:15:35 -0400 > "William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt...@o-sinc.com> wrote: > > > # emerge -pC tomcat-servlet-api > > * This action can remove important packages! In order to be safer, > > use > > * `emerge -pv --depclean <atom>` to check for reverse dependencies > > before > > * removing packages. > > Rather than a message like the above. I think portage should generate a > message/warning saying you are removing a package that is not in your > world file. Which means you are removing a package you did not install > directly. Just like if you were to remove a system package. > > That way people would know if they are removing something that is a > dependency. > > -- > William L. Thomson Jr. > Use -c rather than -C, like grknight suggested, and it will. -Ben
