Re: [gentoo-user] Installation loop...
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
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
Re: [gentoo-user] Installation loop...
>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
>
>
>
>
Re: [gentoo-user] Installation loop...
On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 04:03:34 +0200, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > 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 Add --tree to the emerge @world options to see what is pulling this in. It looks like it could possibly be a bdeps issue. -- Neil Bothwick Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. pgprn5VNft8ab.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
