It would be useful if "emerge world" would imply --oneshot. This would mean that dependencies to manually merged packages aren't inserted in /var/cache/edb/world when updating the system, keeping the world file clean. This is interesting, because if a package doesn't need a particular dep any more and it is filed in the world file, it will remain as a pkg to merge even if not requested. It could also be an acceptable workaround for bug #41407 (although not doing what stated there). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
Created attachment 35995 [details, diff] Proposed patch Sorry for the low quality of the patch, but I am a newbie...
emerge world should not be adding anything to the world file, regardless of whether --oneshot is used. Can you give an example of when/how this happens? If possible, exact steps to reproduce would be nice. Also, what portage version are you using?
whoops. you're right. this bug was present on an old copy of portage (I've an old machine I never update, that was running portage as for 3Q-2003). This bug has gone when updatig the portage on that machine (in fact, another pc I have that I keep in daily sync with pkg updates doesn't show the problem). Marking invalid, and sorry for the issue. I just believed it was still appliable.
