On 12/07/17 14:43, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: >>> It is not the same as -C, which is remove a package directly. >>> >>> --unmerge (-C) >> Correct, --unmerge will remove a package without considering >> dependencies (give or take a few special cases). It is usually (or, at >> least, should generally be) reserved for those taking a hammer to a >> problem or with a particular desire to recover a broken system. >> >> Again, it's doing exactly what it's supposed to - removing a package >> you've told it to remove (unless it's one of the few >> almost-always-critical packages). > Yes and if you see bug. All I am saying is adding warnings when someone > goes to remove a dependency. Since a dependency IS a critical package :) > > Add warning message when -C/--unmerge a dependency like system, > profile, and set files. > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=624630
My point was that --unmerge is not intended to be dependency-aware. --depclean is. As far as I can tell, that is the point others have been trying to make as well, when pointing out the differences between -c and -C. -- Sam Jorna (wraeth) GnuPG ID: D6180C26
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