On Sat, 11 Oct 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
Hi,
I've noticed there's a virtual/portage now, so I tried uninstalling sys-
apps/portage and got this:
# paludis --uninstall -p portage
Building unmerge list... done
These packages will be uninstalled:
* app-accessibility/freetts-1.2.1-r1::installed requires
<sys-apps/portage-2.2_rc12::installed>
* app-admin/python-updater-0.6::installed requires
<sys-apps/portage-2.2_rc12::installed>
* app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.4.2::installed requires
<sys-apps/portage-2.2_rc12::installed>
* app-portage/udept-0.5.99.0.2.95-r1::installed requires
<sys-apps/portage-2.2_rc12::installed>
* dev-java/ant-core-1.7.1-r1::installed requires
<sys-apps/portage-2.2_rc12::installed>
* dev-java/sun-jdk-1.6.0.07-r1::installed requires
<sys-apps/portage-2.2_rc12::installed>
* kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.9-r4:3.5::installed requires
<sys-apps/portage-2.2_rc12::installed>
* sys-libs/glibc-2.8_p20080602::installed requires
<sys-apps/portage-2.2_rc12::installed>
* sys-apps/portage-2.2_rc12::installed
I can understand that udept, gentoolkit and python-updater apear on the list,
but what in hell makes kdelibs, sun-jdk or even glibc depend on portage???
/me scratching head.
Bye...
Dirk
Interesting also is that <=sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1 doesn't have that
dependency.
glibc is very tricky to upgrade, since almost everything depends on it.
(That's at least been my past experience -- it's been a while since I did
it without a package manager. But it was always something I was loathe to
upgrade on a remote server.)
So, my guess is that, to deal with the installation trickiness, portage
uses workarounds for newer glibc's that aren't available in earlier
versions of portage. (...though nothing looked crazy in a quick glance at
the glibc ChangeLog and 2.8_p20080602 ebuild. Anyone know what 'eblits'
are?)
I'd also guess that a more appropriate thing to put in DEPEND would be:
!<sys-apps/portage-2.1.2
(I'm assuming you didn't install glibc-2.8_p20080602 with portage.)
Best,
Ben
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