On Sunday, July 31, 2011 11:02:22 AM Florian Philipp wrote: > @system used to contain portage. It doesn't by default, anymore. If you > do `emerge -pv --depclean`, portage should try to remove itself. Just > add it to @world by doing `emerge --noreplace portage`
It doesn't try this on my system. Portage is installed, but not in world: ** eve ~ # cat /var/lib/portage/world | grep portage app-portage/eix app-portage/gentoolkit app-portage/layman eve ~ # eix -e portage [I] sys-apps/portage Installed versions: 2.1.10.3(08:42:46 PM 07/30/2011)(ipc less -build - doc -epydoc -linguas_pl -python2 -python3 -selinux) Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/index.xml Description: Portage is the package management and distribution system for Gentoo ** (I removed a few lines from the eix-output to make it better readable) And "emerge -pv --depclean" ends with: ** >>> No packages selected for removal by depclean Packages installed: 1090 Packages in world: 124 Packages in system: 45 Required packages: 1090 Number to remove: 0 ** Am I missing something here? -- Joost