On 07/12/2020 18:21, Jack wrote:
I do an emerge -C --oneshot to uninstall those packages. That way, when emerge finally starts to update world, it pulls them all back (at least, the ones that are needed) itself without me needing to worry about it.
I don't think the --oneshot is doing anything here. It just prevents adding an atom to the world file when emerging. Besides, in this case, you do want it removed (if it was there) because, as you say, it will just get pulled in again if it really is needed by something else.
I assume it also stops *removing* an atom from the world file, if it's something I added. And I do it as a matter of course, because it can't do any harm ... :-)
Cheers, Wol
