Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-09-03 Thread Stroller
On 31 Aug 2008, at 09:04, Mick wrote: ... When I tried I got: $ eix -Iu --only-names app-arch/lzma-utils dev-libs/libsigc++ media-plugins/gst-plugins-x media-plugins/gst-plugins-xvideo sys-apps/hdparm sys-kernel/gentoo-sources virtual/perl-Test-Harness However, when I run emerge -upDv --with-d

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-09-02 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 02 September 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 23:57:03 +0200, Sebastian Günther wrote: > > But it is a *negativ* condition: portage is not depending on pycrypto > > if and only if the build useflag is specified, which noone should > > specify. > > portage depends on >=pyth

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-09-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 23:57:03 +0200, Sebastian Günther wrote: > But it is a *negativ* condition: portage is not depending on pycrypto > if and only if the build useflag is specified, which noone should > specify. portage depends on >=python-2.5 or pycrypto. > So --depclean should not consider it t

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-09-01 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Neil Bothwick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [01.09.08 23:14]: > On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 11:49:36 +0100, Mick wrote: > > > > It tells me to remove dev-python/pycrypto, when portage seems to depend > > on it: > > > > # equery depends dev-python/pycrypto > > [ Searching for packages depending on dev-pytho

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-09-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 11:49:36 +0100, Mick wrote: > No! --depclean is evil! :)) (and/or my system is borked). Neither. > It tells me to remove dev-python/pycrypto, when portage seems to depend > on it: > > # equery depends dev-python/pycrypto > [ Searching for packages depending on dev-py

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-09-01 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Mick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [01.09.08 20:22]: > > Where should I look? > An emerge --info is a start.. > > > > with emerge -n hdparm you can add it. > > Sure, but I had emerged (many years ago) so it should be in there, right? > Not necessarily, maybe you unmerged the package which required i

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-09-01 Thread Mick
On Monday 01 September 2008, Sebastian Günther wrote: > * Mick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [01.09.08 19:35]: > > > > No! --depclean is evil! :)) (and/or my system is borked). > > Your system is borked! ;-) That's what I fear. :( > > It tells me to remove dev-python/pycrypto, when portage seems to de

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-09-01 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Mick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [01.09.08 19:35]: > On Sunday 31 August 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:04:03 +0100, Mick wrote: > > > $ eix -Iu --only-names > > > app-arch/lzma-utils > > > dev-libs/libsigc++ > > > media-plugins/gst-plugins-x > > > media-plugins/gst-plugins-xvideo

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-09-01 Thread Mick
On Sunday 31 August 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:04:03 +0100, Mick wrote: > > $ eix -Iu --only-names > > app-arch/lzma-utils > > dev-libs/libsigc++ > > media-plugins/gst-plugins-x > > media-plugins/gst-plugins-xvideo > > sys-apps/hdparm > > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources > > virtu

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-31 Thread Stroller
On 31 Aug 2008, at 09:05, David Sveningsson wrote: Stroller skrev: On 30 Aug 2008, at 21:19, Alan McKinnon wrote: ... In retrospect, it would probably have been quicker if you went the long way round: emerge -e world Tried it. Kept dying and leaving a number of packages that I just couldn'

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:04:03 +0100, Mick wrote: > $ eix -Iu --only-names > app-arch/lzma-utils > dev-libs/libsigc++ > media-plugins/gst-plugins-x > media-plugins/gst-plugins-xvideo > sys-apps/hdparm > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources > virtual/perl-Test-Harness > > However, when I run emerge -upDv --wit

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-31 Thread Mick
On Saturday 30 August 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:10:27 +0100, Stroller wrote: > > It just seems more effective than `emerge -D > > world` - that seems to miss many packages. > > The packages is misses are either build-time dependencies, so don't need > updating, or are not

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-31 Thread David Sveningsson
Stroller skrev: > > On 30 Aug 2008, at 21:19, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> ... >> In retrospect, it would probably have been quicker if you went the >> long way >> round: >> >> emerge -e world > > Tried it. Kept dying and leaving a number of packages that I just > couldn't build. > > Stroller. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-30 Thread Stroller
On 30 Aug 2008, at 21:19, Alan McKinnon wrote: ... In retrospect, it would probably have been quicker if you went the long way round: emerge -e world Tried it. Kept dying and leaving a number of packages that I just couldn't build. Stroller.

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 30 August 2008 16:59:02 Stroller wrote: > but when I   > had the libexpat.so.0 error the only thing that worked (having   > followed a number of different advices posted here) was to rebuild   > EVERY outdated package on my system - a total numbering in the region   > of 250. I wouldn't

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 30 August 2008 16:59:02 Stroller wrote: > On 30 Aug 2008, at 13:56, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > The main reason these packages are behind at all is that they are > > usually > > build dependencies, not run dependencies. They will only be updated > > with > > emerge -uD when something that

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:10:27 +0100, Stroller wrote: > It just seems more effective than `emerge -D > world` - that seems to miss many packages. The packages is misses are either build-time dependencies, so don't need updating, or are not dependencies of anything in world and would be removed by

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-30 Thread Stroller
On 30 Aug 2008, at 13:56, Alan McKinnon wrote: The main reason these packages are behind at all is that they are usually build dependencies, not run dependencies. They will only be updated with emerge -uD when something that depends on them is rebuilt. To avoid this, use 'emerge --with-bde

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 30 August 2008 06:10:27 Stroller wrote: > First question: is 'emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names`' a useful   > command for updating packages not in the world file? Or is this usage   > of mine to be avoided? It just seems more effective than `emerge -D   > world` - that seems to miss many

[gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-29 Thread Stroller
Hi there, I recently got bitten by the libexpat.so.0 error - for me I discovered this some considerable months after everyone else on the list, not because I don't update often (perhaps once or twice every few weeks) but, I think, because my machines are servers and I don't have that many