On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, gentuxx wrote:

> One thing to note for anyone that might have the same question/problem
> in the future:
>
> The "--tree" option appears to only show the closest dependency.
> Which means that if there are several packages (as in my case) that
> depend on the one you don't want to install, you'll have to re-run
> emerge with the "--tree" option, and subsequently de-install the
> packages you don't want, until the package doesn't show up.

Most of us run the -D (i.e. --deep) option as well - in fact, I'd wager
"emerge -uDtav world" is pretty commonly used.


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