On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 11:49:36 +0100, Mick wrote:

> No!  --depclean is evil!  :))  (and/or my system is borked).

Neither.

> It tells me to remove dev-python/pycrypto, when portage seems to depend
> on it:
> 
> # equery depends dev-python/pycrypto      
> [ Searching for packages depending on dev-python/pycrypto... ]
> sys-apps/portage-2.1.4.4 (!build? >=dev-python/pycrypto-2.0.1-r6)

equery is borked. pycrypto is a conditional dependency of portage, but
equery depends takes no accounts of that, emerge --depclean does.

> Also, it tells me to remove hdparm-8.6.  I noticed that there is a 8.7
> version available, but emerge -uDv world does not pick this up . . .
> why would that be so?

hdparm used to be part of system AFAIR, it is no longer. If you want it,
add it to world.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

We can sympathize with a child who is afraid of the dark, but the
tragedy of life is that most people are afraid of the light.

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