Wols Lists wrote: > On 17/10/19 12:57, Dale wrote: >> I couldn't figure out why cleaning out old cruft that shouldn't change >> anything would trigger updates but it did. My mask file is short so >> almost all changes were to the package.keyword file. I could understand >> if I removed something and it wanted to downgrade packages but I >> couldn't figure out why it was stopping it from upgrading. > Old cruft. Does that include old versions of current packages? In that > case, it's possible that stuff was still linked to it and that stuff > needed to be upgraded before the cruft could be removed. > > Yes, I don't see why that should be the case, but it could ... > > Cheers, > Wol > >
And that was the reason for my post. Even eix said it would result in no change yet it did. Some entries I removed were even versions no longer in the tree or installed yet it lead to updates when the entries were removed. Even now, it doesn't make sense. It's not something I would expect either. In the past, I've cleaned out old cruft like that and not have to update a single package. Given that something weird is going on, I thought it worth mentioning since something unexpected and weird is going on for the OP. It may not help but then again, it just might. Strange things happen. Dale :-) :-)
