On 07/11/2017 01:27 PM, Daniel Campbell wrote: > On 07/10/2017 04:37 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: >> On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:22:47 -0400 >> "William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt...@o-sinc.com> wrote: >>> >>> That part does not require it to resolve deps. Just check world file, >>> assuming its correct. Though could be thrown off if say gcc, or >>> another was in the world file. I think the profile or set would catch >>> that as it does now and generate a warning, regardless. >> >> Speaking of gcc in the world file. I think portage should STOP adding >> packages that are in the profile or a dep to world. If you merge a >> package as part of a set, I am pretty sure it does not get recorded to >> world, need to confirm, could be wrong. >> >> A rule for portage could be; >> >> - If the package is not in world and already installed. Do not add the >> package to world. If you are re-emerging a package already >> installed. You do not have to use the -1 option. >> >> I have polluted so many world files with system packages and/or >> dependencies I re-emerged directly without -1. Those IMHO should never >> have been recorded to that file. They were brought in by other things. >> Only things in my world should be packages merged directly, not from >> profile, set, or a dep. >> >> I will file a bug on that as well. >> > Whether Portage adds a package to a set or world file is dependent on > how you invoke emerge. Some people (like me) include sets as part of > their world, via /var/lib/portage/world_sets . At that point, sets added > to that file are basically treated as the world package list. > > If gcc or other @system packages end up in your world, it's not > Portage's fault. If you don't want a package added to a set or world, > you'll need to use the -1 (--oneshot) option. I added it to my default > emerge options in make.conf for exactly that reason (clean world); > though, I have to be careful and make sure packages I care about are in > a set somewhere or --depclean will wipe'em out. In short, Portage won't > stop you from shooting yourself in the foot. > > If you decide you want to add a package to world without re-merging it, > -n (--noreplace) will do the job. > > I'm not sure if eix-test-obsolete (from app-portage/gentoolkit) will > catch a @system atom inside a set/world file, but that's where I'd > expect such a notification to come from. The tool can help clean up > unneeded entries in /etc/portage files, and would be a good fit for this > particular issue. > > That said, having helpful messages is a good addition, but needs to be > done in a way that is unambiguous and gives the user a clear solution. > > Hope this helps, > > zlg > Whoops.
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