On Saturday, 10. September 2011 11:28:07 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > My daily update world caused the merging of oracle-jdk-bin-1.7.0 > (after wonko explained how to handle a license question). > > But my next step is emerge --depclean --ask > This wanted to unmerge the above package and, if permitted to > do so, caused a subsequent update word to remerge it. > > I then wisely :-) refused the next --depclean's request to unmerge > it again. As far as I can tell this would be an infinite loop > > allan > > ajglap gottlieb # emerge --keep-going --update --newuse --with-bdeps=y world > These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [nomerge ] dev-java/icedtea-6.1.10.3 USE="hs20 nsplugin nss webstart > xrender -cacao -debug -doc -examples -jamvm -javascript -nio2 -pulseaudio > -systemtap -zero" [nomerge ] dev-java/ant-nodeps-1.8.1 > [ebuild NS ] virtual/jre-1.7.0 [1.6.0] 0 kB > [ebuild NS ] virtual/jdk-1.7.0 [1.6.0] 0 kB > [ebuild N f ] dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin-1.7.0 USE="X alsa -derby -doc > -examples -jce -nsplugin" 0 kB
icedtea is Java6. It want's to upgrade the *virtual* to java7. To get the virtual satisfied portage installs the oracle jdk. To get rid of this, just mask >= virtual/jre-1.7.0 and >= virtual/jdk-1.7.0 until icedtea comes with a java7 version. Or stick with the oracle-jdk and unmerge icedtea. Regards, Michael
