On 6/18/21 6:01 PM, Zac Medico wrote:
> If emerge --depclean fails to resolve any dependencies, then it will
> now suggest emerge @unsatisfied-deps as the simplest possible
> solution, and will also suggest to unmerge @unavailable where
> appropriate at the end:
> 
> $ emerge --depclean
> 
> Calculating dependencies... done!
>  * Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to
>  * the following required packages not being installed:
>  *
>  *   virtual/cdrtools pulled in by:
>  *     app-cdr/cdrdao-1.2.4
>  *
>  * Have you forgotten to resolve unsatisfied dependencies prior to
>  * depclean? The simplest possible command for this purpose is as
>  * follows:
>  *
>  *   emerge @unsatisfied-deps

It turns out that @unsatisfied-deps is often unsuitable here because it
pulls in a bunch of @installed packages, when you really want to use
@world as the source of truth.
-- 
Thanks,
Zac

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