emerge --depclean would remove PyQt4, but PyQt4 is needed by amarok(which is in world file) Proof(on my system): $equery depends PyQt4 [ Searching for packages depending on PyQt4... ] dev-python/qscintilla-python-2.1 (qt4? dev-python/PyQt4) $equery depends =qscintilla-python-2.1 [ Searching for packages depending on =qscintilla-python-2.1... ] x11-libs/qscintilla-2.1-r1 (python? dev-python/qscintilla-python) $equery depends =qscintilla-2.1-r1 [ Searching for packages depending on =qscintilla-2.1-r1... ] dev-python/PyQt-3.17.4 (x11-libs/qscintilla) dev-python/qscintilla-python-2.1 (=x11-libs/qscintilla-2.1*) $equery depends =PyQt-3.17.4 [ Searching for packages depending on =PyQt-3.17.4... ] dev-python/qscintilla-python-2.1 (!qt4? dev-python/PyQt) media-sound/amarok-1.4.8 (python? dev-python/PyQt) $cat /var/lib/portage/world |grep amarok media-sound/amarok $emerge -p --depclean|grep PyQt -A 3 dev-python/PyQt4 selected: 4.3.3 protected: none omitted: none Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge amarok 2. emerge --depclean -p Actual Results: PyQt4 is listed for unmerging Expected Results: PyQt4 should not be unmerged, as amarok depends on it
Portage 2.1.4.4 (default-linux/x86/2007.0, gcc-4.2.3, glibc-2.7-r1, 2.6.24-gentoo-r3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.24-gentoo-r3 i686 AMD Sempron(tm) 3000+ Timestamp of tree: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:16:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.5 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r6, 2.5.1-r5 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.24 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo " LINGUAS="it" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X acl acpi alsa apache2 arts berkdb bzip2 cdr cli cracklib crypt cups curl dbus directfb dri dvd dvdr dvdread encode exif fastbuild fbcon fbcondecor fbsplash ffmpeg fortran gd gdbm gif glitz gphoto2 gpm gtk hal iceweasel iconv id3tag ipv6 isdnlog java jpeg json kde kqemu midi mmx mmxext mp2 mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap mysql mysqli ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia offensive ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl php png pppd python qt3 readline reflection samba sdl session spl sse ssl svg symlink tcpd tiff tordns unicode win32codecs x86 xinerama xorg xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="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 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" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="it" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint i128 i740 i810 imstt mach64 mga neomagic nsc nv r128 radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa vga via vmware voodoo" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
media-sound/amarok-1.4.8 doesn't need PyQt4 at all... it doesn't even work q/ QT4.
(In reply to comment #2) > media-sound/amarok-1.4.8 doesn't need PyQt4 at all... it doesn't even work q/ > QT4. > so why is PyQt4 a deep dependency of it?
(In reply to comment #3) > so why is PyQt4 a deep dependency of it? It isn't. PyQt != PyQt4
(In reply to comment #4) > (In reply to comment #3) > > so why is PyQt4 a deep dependency of it? > > It isn't. PyQt != PyQt4 > qscintilla-python depends on PyQt4 qscintilla depends on qscintilla-python PyQt depends on qscintilla amarok depends on PyQt so amarok depends on PyQt4, or was I wrong reading the output of equery?
If you still don't understand that dev-python/PyQt is a different package than dev-python/PyQt4, there's nothing I could add. Closing, do NOT reopen this bug.