emerge @system -va | grep python [ebuild R ] sys-apps/file-4.23 USE="python" 551 kB [0] emerge -C glibc emerge -C glibc !!! 'sys-libs/glibc' is part of your system profile. !!! Unmerging it may be damaging to your system. >>> Waiting 10 seconds before starting... >>> (Control-C to abort)... Press Ctrl-C to Stop in: 10 9 8 ^C Exiting on signal 2 emerge -C python dev-lang/python selected: 2.5.4-r3 protected: none omitted: none >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. >>> Waiting 5 seconds before starting... >>> (Control-C to abort)... >>> Unmerging in: 5 4 ^C Exiting on signal 2 dev-lang/python should be in the system set/profile since 1) it is needed by system 2) it provides a nice warning if someone is careless enough to emerge -C said package Reproducible: Always
I would agree dev-lang/python should be in the system set/profile since 1) it is needed by system 2) it provides a nice warning if someone is careless enough to emerge -C said package After 2 days of mucking about, re-installing packages, manually removing software etc if I had seen a warning about Portage using python before I did "emerge -C python", I wouldn't have been thinking what an idiot I was when I saw ">>> No outdated packages were found on your system. * GNU info directory index is up-to-date."
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 268724 ***
