Removing base system packages (nano, net-tools, openssh)

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I want to remove openssh, net-tools and nano from my system. I can emerge -C them with a nice warning but when i run emerge -uavDN @world they get pulled back. So what is the proper way to remove "system profile" packages? (I would like to add that IMO those packages shouldnt even be part of the system profile.)
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John R. Graham · Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:03 am Post subject:

In some cases, it's not the actual package you mention that's part of the @system set. For instance, app-editors/nano isn't. It's merely one of the many editors that will satisfy the dependency in virtual/editor, which is in the @system set. You're saying that you don't want any editor installed, right? Embedded system?

If so, the feature you're looking for is the /etc/portage/package.provided file. See

defer- · Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:22 am Post subject:

No its not embedded. I just dont want any piece of software that allows remote administration. And i prefer vim and iproute2.

I created package.provided but openssh and net-tools still got pulled on emerge @world

/etc/portage/package.provided

John R. Graham · Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:30 am Post subject:

Well, vim is a proper || (logical OR) dependency of virtual/editor, which is why Portage didn't complain after you removed nano. For the others, check the dependencies. As an example

defer- · Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:00 pm Post subject:

I still have this problem. Gentoo is all about choices so i should be able to remove openssh and net-tools if i want to.

Genone · Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 8:22 am Post subject:

a) you're using the wrong path, the file is located in /etc/portage/profile/package.provided
b) package.provided isn't the proper solution for this, just a hackish workaround meant for a different use-case. The real solution would be to remove the dependencies via /etc/portage/profile/packages, but getting the syntax right there is a bit tricky: you need to figure out the exact strings used for those packages in your profiles "packages" files and prefix them with a minus. And in the rare case that the profile is updated you have to update your file too. Unless Zac has implemented atom overlap matching for profile stacking, but I doubt that.

defer- · Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 3:11 pm Post subject:

Heres how i solved the problem:

# cat /etc/portage/profile/packages
-*sys-apps/net-tools
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