>>>>>> When this was asked a few weeks ago someone then asked why >>>>>> --with-bdeps Y isn't the default? This seems to burn nearly everyone >>>>>> once in awhile. >>>>>> >>>>> Because using --with-bdeps y causes unnecessary compilation of packages >>>>> that don't need t0 be changed. They won't be used again until the >>>>> dependent package is updated, so why waste time rebuilding them in the >>>>> interim? >>>>> >>>>> No one really gets "burned" by this, they just wonder why installed >>>>> packages aren't upgraded, nothing stops working. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I added: >>>> >>>> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps n" >>>> >>>> to make.conf and ran 'emerge --depclean' and it got rid of a bunch of >>>> stuff, but I'm still confused by boost. --depclean didn't remove it, >>>> 'emerge -avDuN world' doesn't downgrade it even --with-bdeps y, but >>>> 'emerge -pv boost' would downgrade it. I also re-emerged twinkle and >>>> rb_libtorrent which are the packages that depend on boost, but the >>>> result is the same. >>>> >>>> Also man seems to be broken after that --depclean. When I try to use >>>> it, I get errors starting with: >>>> >>>> sh: /usr/bin/unlzma: No such file or directory >>>> >>>> - Grant >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> This may help. >>> >>> r...@smoker / # equery belongs /usr/bin/unlzma >>> [ Searching for file(s) /usr/bin/unlzma in *... ] >>> app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.7 (/usr/bin/unlzma -> lzma) >>> r...@smoker / # >>> >>> I would rebuild that or see why it is not already installed. I would >>> think that would be part of system??? I'm not sure tho. >> >> I seem to recall some switch from LZMA to BZ2 manpages in an >> etc-update recently ... > > emerging lzma-utils fixed it, thank you. I always etc-update as soon > as the packages are built. Should lzma-utils be a dependency of > something? > > - Grant
Weird, --depclean wants to remove lzma-utils again even though: # equery depends lzma-utils [ Searching for packages depending on lzma-utils... ] dev-libs/mpfr-2.3.2 (app-arch/lzma-utils) media-libs/libpng-1.2.34 (app-arch/lzma-utils) media-libs/netpbm-10.44.00-r1 (app-arch/lzma-utils) net-dns/dnsmasq-2.45 (app-arch/lzma-utils) net-misc/netkit-rsh-0.17-r9 (app-arch/lzma-utils) sys-apps/coreutils-6.10-r2 (app-arch/lzma-utils) sys-apps/net-tools-1.60_p20071202044231-r1 (app-arch/lzma-utils) sys-devel/m4-1.4.11 (app-arch/lzma-utils) sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.27-r2 (app-arch/lzma-utils) sys-libs/gpm-1.20.5 (app-arch/lzma-utils) Maybe it's listed as a build-time dependency of coreutils when it should be runtime? - Grant
