On 25/07/21 14:49, Dale wrote: > The problem here is that a user installed a package outside of > emerge/portage's knowledge.
No that does *NOT* appear to be the problem. The problem is that the user installed - *using* *portage* - a package that satisfied a critical system dependency. Except that they did not intend for it to satisfy that dependency! If they HAD installed it outside of portage, they wouldn't have this problem. Cheers, Wol
