On Thursday 12 November 2009 16:43:15 Mark Knecht wrote: > So on one machine yesterday I did emerge -DuN @world which then > suggested the need for emerge @preserved-rebuild which I did over > night. This morning it was finished but suggested the need for a > second emerge @preserved-rebuild. As I don't need the machine right > now I kicked it off and will check it again later but I'm wondering > why in the world it needs to do this twice, compiling 52 packages the > first time and 50 packages the second time where most of the packages > in the first list were in the second list? > > Is this setting up for an endless loop? > > Most of the packages were part of Gnome or XFCE4.
I've been answering this question a lot lately :-) Almost invariably it's an automagic dependency where the offending package is not in DEPEND. If you have been through the cycle at least once, it is safe to delete /var/lib/portage/preserved_libs_registry and continue on your way. A later revdep-rebuild will sort out any (highly unlikely) remaining issues -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
