Bug 256959

Summary:	sys-apps/portage: Feature request: Option to remove packages from world list
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Allen Brooker (AllenJB) <gentoo-bugs>
Component:	Enhancement/Feature Requests	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Allen Brooker (AllenJB) 2009-01-30 16:41:37 UTC

Removing packages from the world list is one of the few operations people still edit the world file manually for. I believe this operation should be available via an emerge option (I can't think of anything better than '--unworld' at the moment).

Comment 1 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) archtester

2009-01-30 17:03:08 UTC

The implications of this are pretty huge. Half of me says that it is a good idea to hide this option from the end user and power users know that they can edit the world file. Keeps breakage down.

Comment 2 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) archtester

2010-09-20 16:04:39 UTC

[I found this bug in my list]

I'll close it now because the portage team has a ton of bugs to wade through anyway.

--deselect[=n]
       Remove  atoms  and/or  sets  from the world file. This action is
       implied by uninstall actions, including --depclean, --prune  and
       --unmerge.  Use  --deselect=n  in  order  to  prevent  uninstall
       actions from removing atoms from the world file.