On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:43:35PM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote > Unmerge it anyway and then rebuild iproute2. It seems like an automagic > dep. It should not be using db when the berkdb USE flag is not set. > Since it does, it's a bug. > > However, rebuilding it after unmerging db should fix it. > > With that being said, do a "quickpkg sys-libs/db" first to get a tarball > backup, just to be safe if you need to restore it.
Thanks. I unmerged iproute2 (notwithstanding the dire warning), depcleaned, then "emerge -1 iproute2", followed by revdep-rebuild which shows all-clear. I've successfully rebooted stand-alone, and am now finishing off the install. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications