On Thu, 04 Jun 2020 21:24:39 +0000, Caveman Al Toraboran wrote: > if i exec: "emerge -avDuNt --quiet-build=y @world": > > > These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: > > > > Calculating dependencies... done! > > > > The following USE changes are necessary to proceed: > > (see "package.use" in the portage(5) man page for more details) > > # > > >=dev-python/docutils-0.16 -python_targets_python2_7 > > > > Would you like to add these changes to your config files? > > [Yes/No] > > so >=dev-python/docutils-0.16 doesn't want > python_targets_python2_7. let's remove it then by > adding: > > >=dev-python/docutils-0.16 -python_targets_python2_7 > > into: /etc/portage/package.use/stuff > > but then i get this: > > > The following USE changes are necessary to proceed: > > (see "package.use" in the portage(5) man page for more details) > > # required by dev-python/m2r-0.2.1::gentoo[-test] > > # required by dev-python/automat-20.2.0::gentoo > > # required by dev-python/twisted-20.3.0::gentoo > > # required by www-servers/tornado-6.0.4::gentoo > > # required by dev-python/ipykernel-5.1.4::gentoo[-test] > > # required by dev-python/ipyparallel-6.2.3::gentoo > > # required by dev-python/ipython-7.5.0::gentoo[smp] > > # required by @selected > > # required by @world (argument) > > >=dev-python/docutils-0.16 python_targets_python2_7 > > > > Would you like to add these changes to your config files? > > [Yes/No] > > which i guess means that docutils wants py2.7. > > > any idea how to handle this situation?
Allow portage to add the changes to your config, then run etc-update or equivalent. When portage adds package.use changes, it also adds comments showing what requires those changes. With that information, you should be able to see which package is causing this. -- Neil Bothwick I'm Bugs Bunny of Borg. What's up Collective?
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