On Dec 23, 2011 2:42 AM, "Mick" <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thursday 22 Dec 2011 19:07:02 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > 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. > > $ cat /etc/env.d/99editor > # Configuration file for eselect > # This file has been automatically generated. > EDITOR="/usr/bin/vi" > > You could replace for nano, or indeed add both in world file. Ditto for pager > (more/less/most, etc). >
'eselect pager list' and 'eselect editor list' will show what alternatives are available (with a write-in candidate support). Rgds,
