Hi Dave,
that works! :)
Thanks a lot!
Cheers!
Meino
On 04/18 10:14, David Fellows wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >on my system are installed (beside other things, of course... :)
> >
> >[I] virtual/w3m
> > Available versions: 0
> > Installed versions: 0(03:51:00 AM 04/18/2020)
> > Description: Virtual for the w3m web browser
> >
> >[I] www-client/w3m
> > Available versions: 0.5.3_p20180125 (~)0.5.3_p20190105 {X fbcon
> > gdk-pixbuf gpm imlib libressl lynxkeymap nls nntp ssl unicode xface
> > L10N="de ja"}
> > Installed versions: 0.5.3_p20190105(08:50:56 AM 04/10/2020)(X nls ssl
> > unicode -fbcon -gdk-pixbuf -gpm -imlib -libressl -lynxkeymap -nntp -xface
> > L10N="-de -ja")
> > Homepage: https://github.com/tats/w3m
> > Description: Text based WWW browser, supports tables and frames
> >
> >
> >Normally I do a cleanup after each upgrade/compilation/install like
> >so:
> >
> >
> > emerge --selective=n @preserved-rebuild && emerge --depclean -va &&
> > eclean-dist -C -d -v && eix-test-obsolete
> >
> >which removes
> >
> > virtual/w3m
> >
> >then. Next upgrade, which looks liek:
> >
> > eix-sync ; emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y --tree
> > --keep-going --backtrack=30 -v --verbose-conflicts -1 @world
> >
> >it installs
> >
> > virtual/w3m
> >
> >again.
> >
> >And so on.
> >
> >How can I stop this?
>
> After this annoyed me for a month I did the following with by system in a
> state with both installed:
> emerge --deselect www-client/w3m
> emerge --select virtual/w3m
> Which stopped the foolishness.
>
> >Are the commands I use fishy?
> >What is the reason of this loop -- other parts of the system will not
> >be reinstalled over and over again.... ?
>
> In my case, I had installed www-client/w3m explicitly to satisfy a program
> that was installed outside portage possibly before there was a virtual/w3m.
>
> DaveF
>
> >
> >Cheers!
> >Meino
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
