Holly Bostick wrote: >Did you re-emerge gentoo-sources after removing the "doc" USE flag? > >
Yup, I sure did. >What is the format of the relevant entry in /etc/portage/package.use? > >If it does not look like this > >sys-kernel/gentoo-sources -doc > > Mine looks like this: O_O > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources -doc Looks cool. >Also, try > >emerge -uDNptv world > >emerge --update --deep --newuse --pretend --tree --verbose > >(with --tree being the important change) > > to see what packages are requiring xmlto. We're >just guessing that it's gentoo-sources, really; maybe it's not. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # emerge -uDNptv world > > These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order: > > Calculating world dependencies ...done! > [nomerge ] sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-2.6.12.5 -build +doc -symlink > [ebuild N ] app-text/xmlto-0.0.18 0 kB > > Total size of downloads: 0 kB > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # Something new that didn't show up last time. My new package.use: >sys-kernel/gentoo-sources -doc >sys-kernel/vanilla-sources -doc > :p > >No, your syntax in package.use is likely wrong. Happens to all of us. :-) . > > Me, have a typo, no way. I'm a perfect typer, NOT. LOL My typing sucks. > >Great. No more need to deal with that atm, then. > > What about the broke stuff? > >*Will* you stop trying to get authorization for emerge -e at every >opportunity!!!??? :-) > > Well, that was the command I was given and copy and paste works. I'm a bad typer remember. I copy and paste all I can. It's safer. >It's really not necessary. And you're getting yourself all worked up >over a relatively minor issue (or in fact a couple of them). > > I'm not all worked up here. I'm ROTFLMAO though. LOL I'm OK as long as I can figure it out OR get help fixing it. >Basically, you seem to be upset because Portage is having a fit when you >try to update world. Not because a program is broken, or because you >can't do some specific task (because a program is broken). If that is a >correct assessment of the situation, then have some perspective. > > I'm not mad at portage. I love portage. I still remember Mandrake. I'll never forget that mess. At least with this, it can be fixed without a re-install. >You don't have to update world every day, or even every month. So don't. >If things work OK for what you need them to do, then the fact that you >can't update easily right now is *not a problem*. Certainly not one >needing a reinstall of the entire system. > > I do mine each night because I'm on dial-up and it is easier to get little tidbits than to wait until there is a new KDE and Open Office at the same time. o_O It takes me about three days to get just Open Office so I like to nibble on it a bit. Plus, it is fun to watch, unlike Mandrake. Yea, I watch all that Greek stuff go by. I don't understand it much but I watch it anyway. >If something specific is broken due to the gif/libungif issue, then tell >us what that is. It may be that gif/libungif needs to be sorted out to >fix whatever is broken, but we can cross that bridge when we come to it. > > I'm not sure if anything is broke or not. It was a block thing that I thought may be messing up revdep-rebuild since it was complaining about it. Everything seems to be working OK. It's the reboot I worry about. I ran for almost 10 months just to reboot and find out my inittab was blank. It wasn't happy at all and I was very worried. >It's really not a big deal. Relax. > > I'm allmost always relaxed. As long as I can get to the net and surf or email, I'm relaxed. Other than that, I'm worried. Right now, I'm relaxed. I just joke a lot, especially about the hammer. I do have a 5 lb mini sledge but I would not hit my puter, I may threaten it though. LOL Now to get over this dizzy spell that I have been in with that gif thing. I ran in circles for a while with that. I also have a bald spot where I was scratching my head. I re-emerged vanilla-sources, it had the -doc on it too. Now I get this: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # emerge -uDNptv world > > These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order: > > Calculating world dependencies ...done! > > Total size of downloads: 0 kB > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # Just for the heck of it, I'm doing a emerge -ev world. Just to be sure. I'll skip Open Office though. It won't take to long. My only question is about those broken things in revdep-rebuild. I guess the emerge -ev world will deal with that though, right? Thanks for the help. I need it. Maybe one day I will get all this absorbed. Problem is, they keep changing and adding features. I'm playing catch-up. Can you see me in your mirror yet? LOL What a sense of humor. I take a bit of getting used to. Hang in there folks. It's a fun ride generally. Dale :-) -- To err is human, I'm most certainly human. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
