I think portage shouldn't ring the bell if there's nothing to do : mr-fox linux # emerge --depclean --verbose=n --quiet --ask; eix-test-obsolete -H brief | grep -v -e "^No " -e "^Skipping " -e "^$" sys-kernel/hardened-sources: 4.8.15-r1 none 4.8.15-r2 sys-libs/db: 4.8.30-r2 none 5.3.28-r2 All selected packages: =sys-kernel/hardened-sources-4.8.15-r1 =sys-libs/db-4.8.30-r2 Would you like to unmerge these packages? [Yes/No] >>> Unmerging (1 of 2) sys-kernel/hardened-sources-4.8.15-r1... >>> Unmerging (2 of 2) sys-libs/db-4.8.30-r2... Packages installed: 365 Packages in world: 73 Packages in system: 46 Required packages: 365 Number removed: 2 !!! existing preserved libs found The names of all installed packages are in the database. All installed versions of packages are in the database. mr-fox linux # emerge --info portage Portage 2.3.0 (python 3.4.5-final-0, hardened/linux/amd64, gcc-4.9.4, glibc-2.23-r3, 4.8.15-hardened x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.8.15-hardened-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-3930K_CPU_@_3.20GHz-with-gentoo-2.3 KiB Mem: 65285560 total, 2165344 free KiB Swap: 67108860 total, 67086152 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:22:52 +0000 sh bash 4.3_p48-r1 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.25.1 p1.1) 2.25.1 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p48-r1::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.22.3_rc4::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.12::gentoo, 3.4.5::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.3::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.22.4::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.10-r1::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.69::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.14.1::gentoo, 1.15::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.25.1-r1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 4.9.4::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r2::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.4::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.23-r3::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: git sync-uri: https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo.git priority: 1 local location: /usr/local/portage masters: gentoo priority: 2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=native" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=native" DISTDIR="/var/tmp/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--verbose-conflicts --keep-going=y --nospinner --tree --quiet-build" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs compress-build-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict test-fail-continue unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/gentoo/ http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://mirror.netcologne.de/gentoo/ http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j10" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="acl amd64 berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cxx dnssec dri gdbm hardened iconv ipv6 justify libressl logrotate mbox mmx mmxext mod_irc mod_muc mod_statsdx modules multilib ncurses nls nptl openmp pam pax_kernel pcre pie png pwquality readline scrypt seccomp session sse sse2 sse3 sse4 sse4.1 sse4.2 ssl ssp tcpd threads tor-hardening tracepath traceroute truetype unicode urandom vim-syntax xattr xtpax zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes avx mmx mmxext popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3" CURL_SSL="libressl" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-6" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby21" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu fbdev intel nouveau radeon radeonsi vesa dummy v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= sys-apps/portage-2.3.0::gentoo was built with the following: USE="(ipc) (xattr) -build -doc -epydoc (-selinux)" ABI_X86="64" LINGUAS="-ru" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4 (-pypy) -python3_3 -python3_5"
hhm, OTOH : mr-fox linux # MAKEOPTS=-j1 emerge @preserved-rebuild These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies ... done! [ebuild R ] sys-libs/pam-1.2.1 But why doesn't portage mention that immediately ?
Just for the history : This was made before : mr-fox ~ # se These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies ..... done! [ebuild rR ] dev-lang/perl-5.22.3_rc4 [ebuild rR ] sys-apps/iproute2-4.4.0 [ebuild NS ] sys-libs/db-5.3.28-r2 [4.8.30-r2] USE="cxx -doc -examples -java -tcl {-test}" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Emerging (1 of 3) sys-libs/db-5.3.28-r2::gentoo >>> Installing (1 of 3) sys-libs/db-5.3.28-r2::gentoo >>> Emerging (2 of 3) sys-apps/iproute2-4.4.0::gentoo >>> Installing (2 of 3) sys-apps/iproute2-4.4.0::gentoo >>> Emerging (3 of 3) dev-lang/perl-5.22.3_rc4::gentoo >>> Installing (3 of 3) dev-lang/perl-5.22.3_rc4::gentoo >>> Jobs: 3 of 3 complete Load avg: 14.1, 15.4, 13.5 >>> Auto-cleaning packages... >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. * After world updates, it is important to remove obsolete packages with * emerge --depclean. Refer to `man emerge` for more information.
and this ofc : mr-fox ~ # se These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies . ..... done! [ebuild NS ~] sys-kernel/hardened-sources-4.8.15-r2 [4.8.15-r1] USE="-build -deblob -symlink" Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Emerging (1 of 1) sys-kernel/hardened-sources-4.8.15-r2::gentoo >>> Installing (1 of 1) sys-kernel/hardened-sources-4.8.15-r2::gentoo >>> Jobs: 1 of 1 complete Load avg: 18.8, 15.8, 13.6 >>> Auto-cleaning packages... >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. * After world updates, it is important to remove obsolete packages with * emerge --depclean. Refer to `man emerge` for more information.
The --quiet option suppresses output of preserved libs. It's been this way for a very long time: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=06dc0a37b13f4aeefeee00f4df925cd41afa6a4e The code has since moved to the post_emerge function: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/tree/pym/_emerge/post_emerge.py?h=portage-2.3.3#n138
Note that you can always use this command to list the preserved libs: portageq list_preserved_libs / You can also read /var/lib/portage/preserved_libs_registry, which is json format.
well, thx, so not a bug
