On 5/7/21 6:57 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > I'm trying to clean up packages on a remote computer and running emerge > --depclean list some packages that I am not sure about: > >[snip] > > Many of these packages are I see on my other systems and I think they are > needed like: > acct-group/video > dev-libs/jansson > dev-perl/Switch > x11-libs/libvdpau >
You mentioned this is a remote machine. Is it running X or not? If it's a headless, machine, it doesn't seem unreasonable that emerge would be removing unused X11 dependencies. In any case, you could use the `equery depends` tool to determine what, on your other machines, is depending on these packages, and use that information to determine whether you accidentally removed something you intended to install on this machine. --depclean will only remove dependencies that are not required by packages in your @world or selected profile. Removing these packages is probably not going to break anything; you can always reinstall them later if you need them. cal
