On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:58:32 +0100 Jarry <mr.ja...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 22-Dec-11 19:38, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> > >> Why does portage want to unmerge sys-apps/less when it is > >> a part of system? > > > > I didn't like it either so I've been adding it to > > /var/lib/portage/world just to stop it. I've seen this on one > > machine or another for 6 months to a year I think. > > Some time ago emerge wanted to uninstall "nano" - part of system. > Now "less". I just tried to update one more comp, and guess what? > > # emerge --depclean > Calculating dependencies... done! > >>> Calculating removal order... > > !!! 'sys-fs/udev' (virtual/dev-manager) is part of your system > profile. !!! Unmerging it may be damaging to your system. > > >>> Waiting 10 seconds before starting... > >>> (Control-C to abort)... > Press Ctrl-C to Stop in: 10 9 > > LOL, what the hell is going on? Porgage went crazy or what?
This has been in unstable for many months now. Basically there's now a virtual for $EDITOR and $PAGER so you can pick the one you want. If you don't pick one, portage will take the default and --depclean is likely to remove the others that are not in world. This was all discussed to death months ago :-) Just add your editor and pager of choice to world and continue as normal. It's not a big issue - you already know you want less and have no intention of removing it, so just add it like any other package. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
