On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 13:11:08 +1100, Adam Carter wrote:

> > > But virtual/service-manager is using openrc. How do i point this to
> > > systemd?  
> >
> > By having systemd installed. A virtual is just a list of packages that
> > provide the functionality needed. As long as one of them is
> > installed, it is happy. If not, it installs the first in the list.
> >  
> 
> Ok, thanks. The system profile warning below had me worried, but from
> what you're said it appears that the warning is generated on an
> unsophisticated check, and in this case is a false positive.
> 
> # emerge -pv --depclean sys-apps/openrc net-misc/netifrc
> sys-apps/sysvinit
> 
> Calculating dependencies... done!
>   sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r9 pulled in by:
>     sys-apps/systemd-236-r1 requires sys-apps/sysvinit
> 
> >>> Calculating removal order...  
> 
> >>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:  
> 
>  net-misc/netifrc
>     selected: 0.6.0
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
> 
> 
> !!! 'sys-apps/openrc' (virtual/service-manager) is part of your system
> profile.
> !!! Unmerging it may be damaging to your system.

That's probably because openrc is installed at the top of the list of
deps in the virtual. I saw the same warning and everything is still
working.



-- 
Neil Bothwick

The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to
eat.

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