Today I found there package definition where the packages itself where removed long time ago.
What was the entry? When I create here a dummy /etc/portage/package.env/misc with the content foo-bar/check it is reported as expected with eix-test-obsolete. Maybe the package name is still available in some of your overlays?
No, I just have Gentoo is repository and currently a local overlay containing: # ls /usr/local/portage/* /usr/local/portage/app-office: lotus-meta /usr/local/portage/media-video: devede /usr/local/portage/perl-gcpan: Sysadm-Install /usr/local/portage/profiles: repo_name /usr/local/portage/sci-misc: boinc The entry I had have in /etc/portage/package.env/misc was : app-office/libreoffice notest and the package itself is not installed b/c I switched sometimes in tha past to app-office/libreoffice-bin
So it is not a removed package but just a package which you do not have installed. For such type of packages the test is intentionally switched off, because some people may want to keep entries in case they reinstall the package. You can see this also in the output eix-test-obsolete: Skipping check: uninstalled entries in /etc/portage/package.env To switch on the test in a mild form, set e.g. REDUNDANT_IF_IN_ENV='-some' (in /etc/eixrc or ~/.eixrc or in the environment): This value means that the package is output if it is not installed but your entry in /etc/portage/package.env matches anyway. For a stronger form of the test you might want to set even REDUNDANT_IF_IN_ENV='some-uninstalled' which gives even a warning if the entry matches *some* available but not installed version. (This makes only sense if you only specify exact version(s) in /etc/portage/package.env).
ah ok. But just to clarify it : I had libreoffice installed in the past, but unmergeded it in favour of emerging libreoffice-bin.
(In reply to comment #4) > ah ok. > But just to clarify it : I had libreoffice installed in the past, but > unmergeded it in favour of emerging libreoffice-bin. and it still skips although I set that variable : n22 ~ # eix-test-obsolete -H brief No non-matching entries in /etc/portage/package.keywords. No non-matching entries in /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords. No non-matching entries in /etc/portage/package.mask. No non-matching entries in /etc/portage/package.unmask. No non-matching or empty entries in /etc/portage/package.use. No non-matching or empty entries in /etc/portage/package.env. No non-matching or empty entries in /etc/portage/package.license. No non-matching or empty entries in /etc/portage/package.cflags. The names of all installed packages are in the database. No redundant entries in /etc/portage/package.{,accept_}keywords No uninstalled entries in /etc/portage/package.{,accept_}keywords No redundant entries in /etc/portage/package.mask No uninstalled entries in /etc/portage/package.mask No redundant entries in /etc/portage/package.unmask No uninstalled entries in /etc/portage/package.unmask Skipping check: redundant entries in /etc/portage/package.use Skipping check: uninstalled entries in /etc/portage/package.use Skipping check: redundant entries in /etc/portage/package.env No uninstalled entries in /etc/portage/package.env No redundant entries in /etc/portage/package.license No uninstalled entries in /etc/portage/package.license Skipping check: redundant entries in /etc/portage/package.cflags Skipping check: uninstalled entries in /etc/portage/package.cflags All installed versions of packages are in the database. n22 ~ # grep some /etc/eixrc REDUNDANT_IF_IN_ENV='-some-uninstalled'
sry - resolved now
