I just ran emerge unmerge nvtv xmms-status-plugin which should have removed those two entries from the world file however it didn't infact... all the packages listed below I had emerge unmerged and they were never removed. afr root # emerge -p world These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies *** Package in world file is not installed: gnome-base/eel *** Package in world file is not installed: gnome-base/bonobo-activation *** Package in world file is not installed: gnome-base/libgnomeui *** Package in world file is not installed: gnome-base/nautilus *** Package in world file is not installed: gnome-base/control-center *** Package in world file is not installed: gnome-base/gnome *** Package in world file is not installed: gnome-base/gnome-applets *** Package in world file is not installed: gnome-base/gnome-session *** Package in world file is not installed: gnome-base/libbonoboui *** Package in world file is not installed: gnome-base/gnome-panel *** Package in world file is not installed: media-video/avifile *** Package in world file is not installed: media-video/nvtv *** Package in world file is not installed: media-plugins/xmms-status-plugin *** Package in world file is not installed: gnome-base/gnome-desktop *** Package in world file is not installed: gnome-base/gnome-vfs *** Package in world file is not installed: gnome-base/libgnome *** Package in world file is not installed: gnome-base/libbonobo *** Package in world file is not installed: gnome-base/ORBit2 ...done! [ebuild N ] gnome-base/ORBit2-2.6.0 [ebuild N ] gnome-base/bonobo-activation-2.2.1 [ebuild N ] gnome-base/libbonobo-2.2.0 [ebuild N ] gnome-base/libgnomecanvas-2.2.0.1 [ebuild N ] gnome-base/gconf-2.2.0 [ebuild N ] gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.2.2 [ebuild N ] gnome-base/libgnome-2.2.0.1 [ebuild N ] gnome-base/libbonoboui-2.2.0 [ebuild N ] gnome-base/libgnomeui-2.2.0.1 [ebuild U ] x11-libs/rep-gtk-0.17-r1 [0.17] [ebuild N ] sys-apps/modutils-2.4.22 [ebuild UD] sys-apps/shadow-4.0.3-r3 [4.0.3-r4] [ebuild U ] net-www/mozilla-1.3_beta [1.2.1-r5] Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge unmerge something 2. check world file for package and it's still there. 3. afr root # emerge info Portage 2.0.46-r12 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.2_pre1-r0) ================================================================= System uname: 2.5.46 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/gentoo ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/" USE="x86 3dnow apm encode gif jpeg libg++ mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses pdflib png qtmt spell xml2 xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline bonobo svga tcltk guile sdl tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python esd imlib motif opengl cdr scanner X gtk -gnome alsa -nls cups kde qt -gpm xmms mozilla crypt truetype gtk2 avi java oggvorbis -arts quicktime -oss smooth" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fforce-addr -falign-functions=4 -fexpensive-optimizations -fprefetch-loop-arrays -ffast-math -funroll-loops -foptimize-sibling-calls -maccumulate-outgoing-args" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fforce-addr -falign-functions=4 -fexpensive-optimizations -fprefetch-loop-arrays -ffast-math -funroll-loops -foptimize-sibling-calls -maccumulate-outgoing-args" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" MAKEOPTS="-j5" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync2.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox prelink ccache distcc digest userpriv noauto"
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 1891 ***
