On Thu, 29 Jul 2021 21:29:46 -0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > > Indeed, and it won't delete anything crucial for your system, and even > > more, it won't delete anything what you need. But you have to tell > > portage *what* you need and *what* is crucial for your system. > > The handbook contains the instruction how to do this: Put the packages > > you need into the @world file. > > I've been using Gentoo for 20 years, and this is the first time I've > heard about the user being required to add the default init system > (e.g. openrc) to the world file to prevent it from being > "accidentally" removed by emerge --depclean.
Except that Alan has added an init system to @world, daemontools. so that becomes the default init system, even if it is not the one he wants to be the default. Having added daemontools to @world, he then needs to let portage know that this is not the init system he wants to use, by adding openrc to @world. In a normal situation, with only one init system installed, there is no need to do anything, because the virtual takes care of making sure it is not deleted. This is not a normal situation. -- Neil Bothwick Do they have reserved parking for non-handicapped people at the Special Olympics?
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