Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> [12-10-07 17:36]: > On Sun, 7 Oct 2012 17:20:05 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > I want to emerge application "F", which > > depends on library "A","B","C","D" and "E", > > which unfortunately are not used by any other > > program and are really heavy to compile in terms > > of compile time. > > > > Unfortunately the last step -- the compilation > > of "A" -- fails, which I recognize unfortunately > > but naturally at the moment all other dependencies > > are installed. > > > > Is there a legal and clean way to "lock" those > > already installed dependencies and save them > > from being wiped out by the tidy and clean up > > commands normally used after a general update > > of gentoo? > > I can think of three options: > > 1) Create a set (if using portage 2.2). Add each of the packages > to /etc/portage/sets/depsforF then emerge -n @depsforF. > > 2) quickpkg B C D E - then it doesn't matter if they are unmerged them > as you can quickly re-emerge them with the -k option. > > 3) Don't run emerge --depclean until you have resolved this issue. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a > good idea to put wheels on luggage? >
Hi Neil, thank you for your help! :) Best regards, mcc
