On Sat, April 20, 2013 15:39, Joseph wrote: > On 04/20/13 07:32, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: >>Joseph schrieb am 20.04.2013 03:09: >>> On 04/19/13 21:34, Neil Bothwick wrote: >>>> On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:27:25 -0600, Joseph wrote: >>>> >>>>> Can someone explain me why am I getting long list of packages when I >>>>> run: emerge --depclean >>>> >>>> Please post the exact command you used and the complete output. >>>> >>> >>> I always use: emerge --depclean -p >>> double check everything and then run: emerge --depclean >>> >>> The reason, I'm asking as sometimes I see normal output >><SNIP> >>> >>> >>> and on other system I have a list of all my packages scrolling by as I >>> listed earlier. >> >>Pretty much sure there is a "-v" somewhere. I mean "emerge --depclean >>-p" vs. "emerge --depclean -pv". As with -v the output looks like the >>one you described. >> >>-- >>Regards >>Daniel > > No I'm not putting any "-v" on the command line, I use "|more" as the > catch the beginning: > -------------- > # emerge --depclean -p |more > > * Depclean may break link level dependencies. Thus, it is > * recommended to use a tool such as `revdep-rebuild` (from > * app-portage/gentoolkit) in order to detect such breakage. > * > * Always study the list of packages to be cleaned for any obvious > * mistakes. Packages that are part of the world set will always > * be kept. They can be manually added to this set with > * `emerge --noreplace <atom>`. Packages that are listed in > * package.provided (see portage(5)) will be removed by > * depclean, even if they are part of the world set. > * > * As a safety measure, depclean will not remove any packages > * unless *all* required dependencies have been resolved. As a > * consequence, it is often necessary to run `emerge --update > * --newuse --deep @world` prior to depclean. > > Calculating dependencies ... done! > app-admin/apache-tools-2.2.24 pulled in by: > www-servers/apache-2.2.24 requires ~app-admin/apache-tools-2.2.24 > > app-admin/eselect-1.3.4 pulled in by: > app-admin/eselect-fontconfig-1.1 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.3 > app-admin/eselect-lib-bin-symlink-0.1.1 requires app-admin/eselect > app-admin/eselect-mesa-0.0.10 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4 > app-admin/eselect-opencl-1.1.0-r1 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4 > app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.2.6.1 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4 > app-admin/eselect-php-0.6.2 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4 > app-admin/eselect-pinentry-0.3 requires app-admin/eselect > app-admin/eselect-postgresql-1.0.10 requires app-admin/eselect > app-admin/eselect-python-20111108 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.3 > app-admin/eselect-qtgraphicssystem-1.1.1 requires > >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.4 > app-admin/eselect-ruby-20100603 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.0.2 > app-admin/eselect-wxwidgets-1.4 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2.3 > app-admin/eselect-xvmc-0.3 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.0.10 > sys-apps/portage-2.1.11.55 requires >=app-admin/eselect-1.2 > > app-admin/eselect-fontconfig-1.1 pulled in by: > ------------- > > So I don't understand why it is listing all my packages. > > -- > Joseph
Joseph, There are multiple ways to have "verbose" enabled. What are the contents of your "make.conf" file? Which environment variables do you have set in your environment? (HINT: Type "env" on the command-line) The above relate to the machine showing verbose-behaviour, ofcourse. -- Joost Roeleveld
