I just did my weekly update, which involved only Cfitsio Elogind. Afterwards, it warned me :
!!! existing preserved libs: >>> package: sci-libs/cfitsio-4.5.0 * - /usr/lib64/libcfitsio.so.10.4 * - /usr/lib64/libcfitsio.so.10.4.4.1 * used by /usr/lib64/libgwenviewlib.so.4.97.0 (kde-apps/gwenview-24.08.3) Use emerge @preserved-rebuild to rebuild packages using these libraries When I checked into this & double-checked via 'emerge -pvt', I got : These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: ... [ebuild N ] app-xemacs/emerge-1.13::gentoo 60 KiB [nomerge ] app-editors/xemacs-21.5.35-r4::gentoo USE="X -Xaw3d alsa -athena -berkdb bignum -debug (-dnd) gdbm gif gpm jpeg -ldap motif -nas -neXt png pop -postgres tiff -xface xft -xim" [ebuild N ] app-xemacs/mule-base-1.60::gentoo 421 KiB [ebuild N ] app-xemacs/apel-1.36::gentoo 123 KiB [ebuild N ] app-xemacs/fsf-compat-1.24::gentoo 30 KiB [ebuild N ] app-xemacs/xemacs-base-2.47::gentoo 569 KiB [ebuild N ] app-editors/xemacs-21.5.35-r4::gentoo USE="X -Xaw3d alsa -athena -berkdb bignum -debug (-dnd) gdbm gif gpm jpeg -ldap motif -nas -neXt png pop -postgres tiff -xface xft -xim" 16020 KiB [ebuild R ] kde-apps/gwenview-24.08.3:6::gentoo USE="X activities -debug fits handbook mpris -raw semantic-desktop -share -test" 0 KiB [nomerge ] app-xemacs/apel-1.36::gentoo [nomerge ] app-editors/xemacs-21.5.35-r4::gentoo USE="X -Xaw3d alsa -athena -berkdb bignum -debug (-dnd) gdbm gif gpm jpeg -ldap motif -nas -neXt png pop -postgres tiff -xface xft -xim" [ebuild N ] x11-libs/motif-2.3.8-r6::gentoo USE="-examples jpeg png -static-libs unicode xft" ABI_X86="-32 (64) (-x32)" 0 KiB [ebuild N ] media-libs/audiofile-0.3.6-r6:0/1::gentoo USE="flac" ABI_X86="-32 (64) (-x32)" 519 KiB [nomerge ] x11-libs/motif-2.3.8-r6::gentoo USE="-examples jpeg png -static-libs unicode xft" ABI_X86="-32 (64) (-x32)" [ebuild N ] dev-util/byacc-20240109::gentoo USE="-verify-sig" 885 KiB [nomerge ] app-xemacs/mule-base-1.60::gentoo [nomerge ] app-xemacs/fsf-compat-1.24::gentoo [nomerge ] app-editors/xemacs-21.5.35-r4::gentoo USE="X -Xaw3d alsa -athena -berkdb bignum -debug (-dnd) gdbm gif gpm jpeg -ldap motif -nas -neXt png pop -postgres tiff -xface xft -xim" [ebuild N ] app-eselect/eselect-emacs-1.19::gentoo 9 KiB [ebuild N ] app-eselect/eselect-ctags-1.19::gentoo 0 KiB 'eix gwenview' gives me : [I] kde-apps/gwenview Available versions: (6) 24.08.3^t ~24.12.0^t {X activities debug fits +handbook +mpris raw semantic-desktop share test} Installed versions: 24.08.3(6)^t(14:37:41 12/15/24)(X activities fits handbook mpris semantic-desktop -debug -raw -share -test) I tried with 'USE="-activities -fits -mpris", but the list was the same. Why am I suddenly required to install Xemacs ? Any ideas are very welcome. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatcadotinterdotnet