On Mon, 9 Feb 2026, at 18:27, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Arve. > > On Mon, Feb 09, 2026 at 16:26:14 +0100, Arve Barsnes wrote: >> Second, did you ever install this manually, putting it in your @world >> set? Try emerge -pcv dev-lang/php:8.2 to see if it can be easily >> removed, and it will tell you what, if anything, keeps the package >> there. > > There is now nothing depending on php:8.2. > >> You obviously don't want it there, so try to remove it before trying to >> figure out the potentially deep dependency that brings it in. > > The problem in my system seems to be that > /var/db/pkg/dev-lang/php-8.2.28-r1 exists, but > /usr/portage/dev-lang/php/php-8.2.28-r1.ebuild doesn't.
Nuno explained all of this already, so I won't repeat any of that, but just to be super clear: None of this is a problem, misunderstandings make you try to fix the wrong thing. Running @preserved-rebuild will try to update the package, because it is installed. You don't use this package, so it should be depcleaned (un-installed). Run 'emerge -c dev-lang/php:8.2' to remove it. Regards, Arve
