On 9/11/07, Mark Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9/11/07, Jesús Guerrero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:48:03 +0300 > > Thanasis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > on 09/12/2007 12:32 AM Neil Bothwick wrote the following: > > > > Hello Thanasis, > > > > > > > >> Why does "emerge --update" suddenly want to remove sys-power/acpid? > > > > > > > > emerge --update doesn't remove anything. Post your emerge command > > and > > > > the output of it with --pretend added so that we may understand what > > you > > > > mean. Adding --tree too is a good idea. > > > > > > > You're right. > > > I meant emerge -av --depclean > > > > That means that the package > > > > 1.- it is not in the world file (/var/lib/portage/world), _and_ > > 2.- it is not a dependency of any package that is on the world file > > > > That could happen for many reasons. For example, if acpid was > > installed as a dependency of a given package, and that package > > has been uninstalled. If can also happen if you emerged it with > > -1 or --oneshot. It can also be just a case of corruption in the > > world file. It can happen. > > > > The solution is as easy as to emerge that package again, without > > --oneshot, so it will be added to the world file. > > > > -- > > Jesús Guerrero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > --oneshot is unnecessary; if the package is already installed and you just > want to add it to the world file, use the --noreplace option. > > -- > - Mark Shields
I'm not thinking straight. --oneshot doesn't change anything concerning the world file. --noreplace adds a package to the world file without actually emerging it. -- - Mark Shields
