On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:08:09 -0400, Jack wrote: > > On 6/18/19 1:00 PM, John Covici wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 12:46:43 -0400, > > Dale wrote: > >> John Covici wrote: > >>> It would seem impossible for me to switch to profile 17.1. I say this > >>> because I can never run emerge --depclean . I have a few packages > >>> which will not compile and one not in the tree anymore. the packages > >>> which will not compile are mono-4.4.1.0 and totem-3.30 -- I have filed > >>> bugs against both of them. Inn no longer configures and I have > >>> discussed this in another thread. So, where can I go with this? I > >>> hate to just go forward, although these packages look they don't have > >>> any lib32 dependencies. Wat do you thihnk about this? > >>> > >>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > >>> > >> > >> I read other replies and had a thought. Couldn't you run emerge -p > >> --depclean and let it list what needs cleaning up, then clean it up > >> manually with -C or some other option that works? It would take more > >> time to do it that way but at least you would have a cleaner system > >> without removing your packages you want to keep. May make the profile > >> switch easier. > >> > >> Also, you could use --exclude on --depclean as well. Since I rarely > >> reboot, I do manual updates on my kernel, I emerge them then mask them > >> so it doesn't want to update every little version increase. When I run > >> --depclean, I have to use --exclude gentoo-sources to make it ignore my > >> kernel sources. In your case, emerge -p --depclean --exclude mono > >> --exclude totem --exclude inn, assuming I have that last one spelled > >> correctly. > >> > >> Just make sure you use -a or -p with those first. Wouldn't want to > >> forget and really mess up something. :/ > >> > >> Would either of those work for you? > > Here is the exact output from emerge --depclean > > > > Calculating dependencies ........ done! > > * Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to > > * the following required packages not being installed: > > * > > * gnome-base/gnome-desktop:3/12= pulled in by: > > * media-video/totem-3.24.0 > > * > > * dev-libs/openssl:0/0= pulled in by: > > * net-nntp/inn-2.5.5-r1 > > * > > * Have you forgotten to do a complete update prior to > > depclean? The > > * most comprehensive command for this purpose is as > > follows: > > * > > * emerge --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y > > @world > > * > > * Note that the --with-bdeps=y option is not > > required in many > > * situations. Refer to the emerge manual page > > (run `man emerge`) > > * for more information about --with-bdeps. > > * > > * Also, note that it may be necessary to > > manually uninstall > > * packages that no longer exist in > > the > > repository, since it may not > > * be possible to satisfy their > > dependencies. > Can you manually emerge those needed packages? > (gnome-base/gnome-desktop:3/12 and dev-libs/openssl:0/9) That > should be possible even though you can't compile inn or totem. >
They don't seem to be valid package atoms -- according to portage. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una cov...@ccs.covici.com