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Twenynge n00b
Joined: 08 Jan 2010 Posts: 56
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 9:32 am Post subject: depclean trying to remove system files |
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I've been working on a fresh installation and am at the point where I'm adding the final few packages I want. After adding vim, conky, and a few other things I updated my entire system then ran Code: | emerge --ask --depclean | . For whatever reason, Portage is attempting to remove nano even though I have it set as my default editor via eselect. Is this normal behavior? Is it doing this because I installed vim which satisfied the virtual so nano is no longer needed but is still flagged to provide a warning if you try to delete it? I could just emerge it and put it in the world set, but I want to make sure I haven't done anything wrong to cause this issue. Thanks in advance. |
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mv Watchman
Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 6747
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:06 am Post subject: |
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Your conjectures are completely correct.
eselect has nothing to do with portage - it just sets the EDITOR variable so that some tools will use it.
A quicker solution than reemerging (unless you have already removed nano) is Quote: | emerge --select -n nano | which will enter nano into your world file. |
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John R. Graham Administrator
Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 10587 Location: Somewhere over Atlanta, Georgia
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:22 am Post subject: |
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Yes, it's normal. For more background, see --depclean wants to remove nano! Moved to Duplicate Threads.
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