On Tuesday, 2 April 2024 05:51:08 CEST John Covici wrote: > On Mon, 01 Apr 2024 18:05:47 -0400, > > Dale wrote: > > John Covici wrote: > > > Hi. Well, I followed the steps in the news item, to move > > > todefault/linux/amd64/23.0/desktop/gnome/systemd > > > > > > and it all worked till it wants me to emerge the whole world file. > > > Here is what I get: > > > > > > emerge --ask --emptytree @world > > > > > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > > > > > Calculating dependencies .... done! > > > Dependency resolution took 4.58 s (backtrack: 0/200). > > > > > > > > > !!! Problems have been detected with your world file > > > !!! Please run emaint --check world > > > > > > > > > !!! Ebuilds for the following packages are either all > > > !!! masked or don't exist: > > > www-apps/nextcloud:26.0.10 > > > > > > emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy > > > "sys-kernel/gentoo-sources:6.1.69". > > > (dependency required by "@kernels" [set]) > > > (dependency required by "@selected" [set]) > > > (dependency required by "@world" [argument]) > > > > > > I don't want to unmerge that kernel -- its my backup kernel, so I > > > definitely want to keep it. I am using the nextcloud they are > > > complaining about , I will upgrade it soon, but I want to keep it for > > > now. > > > > > > So, should I just not do the whole world file at all -- do I really > > > need to do that, or wait till I upgrade nextcloud and till I am no > > > longer using that kernel and then do it? > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > > > I ran into the problem of it complaining about my world file too. > > Running the command it gave didn't show any problems. I went ahead with > > the rest of the change. After it was all done, that error went away on > > its own. No idea what triggered it or what removed the trigger. Must > > be something to do with the profile switching process. You can likely > > ignore that for now. See if it goes away for you too. > > > > I don't know what nascloud is but the error says it is masked or not > > there at all. I'd suspect the mask part since there are several > > versions in the tree. You may want to check your package.mask file and > > see if there is something in there that masks it. Could be you meant to > > add the entry to keyword or unmask file but hit the wrong file. Did > > that once myself. One easy way to see if it exists or is masked, use > > this command, provided you have the package for it installed. I think > > gentools has this command. > > > > > > root@fireball / # equery list -p www-apps/nextcloud > > * Searching for nextcloud in www-apps ... > > [-P-] [ ] www-apps/nextcloud-26.0.8:26.0.8 > > [-P-] [ ~] www-apps/nextcloud-26.0.11:26.0.11 > > [-P-] [ ~] www-apps/nextcloud-26.0.12:26.0.12 > > [-P-] [ ] www-apps/nextcloud-27.1.5:27.1.5 > > [-P-] [ ~] www-apps/nextcloud-27.1.6:27.1.6 > > [-P-] [ ~] www-apps/nextcloud-27.1.7:27.1.7 > > [-P-] [ ] www-apps/nextcloud-28.0.1:28.0.1 > > [-P-] [ ] www-apps/nextcloud-28.0.2:28.0.2 > > [-P-] [ ~] www-apps/nextcloud-28.0.3:28.0.3 > > root@fireball / # > > > > > > Yours should look something like that. > > > > For the kernels, I don't upgrade the kernel as much as I should. I keep > > all versions masked except the ones I have installed and I add those > > versions to the world file, that way --depclean and other stuff, won't > > remove or complain so much about it. Just emerge -n --select y =<your > > kernel name and version here>. Don't forget the equal sign when > > including the version. > > > > Hope one or more of those things help. > > My kernels are not in the world file at all, so I am confused why > portage should care about them when I am updating the world file. My > question is why do I need to do this at all -- could I just keep > updating as normal?
Actually, based on the output, it is in your world file: > > > emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy > > > "sys-kernel/gentoo-sources:6.1.69". > > > (dependency required by "@kernels" [set]) > > > (dependency required by "@selected" [set]) > > > (dependency required by "@world" [argument]) It's referenced in " /var/lib/portage/world_sets " -- Joost
