On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:28:29 -0500 Ben Kohler <bkoh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Use -c rather than -C, like grknight suggested, and it will.
It does not remove, but does not say why either. Which a user may
likely proceed with using -C, as -c had no effect nor did it say why it
took no action.
# emerge -pc tomcat-servlet-api
Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> No packages selected for removal by depclean
>>> To see reverse dependencies, use --verbose
Packages installed: 1779
Packages in world: 194
Packages in system: 257
Required packages: 1779
Number to remove: 0
Even when using -C, you still get a warning. Which should happen for
deps just like it does system/world packages.
# emerge -pC gcc
* This action can remove important packages! In order to be safer, use
* `emerge -pv --depclean <atom>` to check for reverse dependencies
before
* removing packages.
>>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:
!!! 'sys-devel/gcc' is part of your system profile.
!!! Unmerging it may be damaging to your system.
sys-devel/gcc
selected: 6.3.0
protected: none
omitted: none
All selected packages: =sys-devel/gcc-6.3.0
>>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
>>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.
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