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Kasumi_Ninja

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(SOLVED) What does: warning: removing ... from target list mean?

I got this message from pacman and I wonder what it means:

warning: removing perl-xml-simple from target list

Last edited by Kasumi_Ninja (2010-01-24 16:22:55)

loafer

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Re: (SOLVED) What does: warning: removing ... from target list mean?

Did it say there was a dependency problem or that it conflicted with something?

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Kasumi_Ninja

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Re: (SOLVED) What does: warning: removing ... from target list mean?

Did it say there was a dependency problem or that it conflicted with something?

Nope, only that message. But what does this message mean exactly? Thats some programs aren't removed?

tomk

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Re: (SOLVED) What does: warning: removing ... from target list mean?

Paste the complete pacman output. The message needs context.

Kasumi_Ninja

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Re: (SOLVED) What does: warning: removing ... from target list mean?

Paste the complete pacman output. The message needs context.

I thought it was a standard message:

# pacman -Runs gnome gnome-extra
gnome not found, searching for group...                   
:: group gnome:                                           
    gnome-applets  gnome-backgrounds  gnome-control-center  gnome-desktop  
    gnome-icon-theme  gnome-media  gnome-mime-data  gnome-panel            
    gnome-screensaver  gnome-session  gnome-settings-daemon  gnome-themes  
    gnome2-user-docs  libgail-gnome  metacity  nautilus  notification-daemon  
    yelp                                                                      
    Remove whole content? [Y/n]                                               
gnome-extra not found, searching for group...                                 
:: group gnome-extra:                                                         
    alacarte  bug-buddy  cheese  deskbar-applet  eog  evince  evolution       
    evolution-exchange  evolution-webcal  file-roller  gcalctool  gconf-editor  
    gdm  gedit  gnome-audio  gnome-mag  gnome-netstatus  gnome-nettool          
    gnome-power-manager  gnome-system-monitor  gnome-terminal  gnome-utils      
    gucharmap  hamster-applet  mousetweaks  seahorse  seahorse-plugins  tomboy  
    totem  vino  zenity                                                         
    Remove whole content? [Y/n]                                                 
checking dependencies...                                                        
warning: removing gnome-mime-data from target list                              
warning: removing gnome-icon-theme from target list                             
warning: removing icon-naming-utils from target list                            
warning: removing perl-xml-simple from target list

Last edited by Kasumi_Ninja (2010-01-23 21:40:05)

anonymous_user

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Re: (SOLVED) What does: warning: removing ... from target list mean?

edit: Ok I think the message is caused by the "u" flag in your command.

-u, --unneeded
           Removes the targets that are not required by any other packages.
           This is mostly useful when removing a group without using the -c
           option, to avoid breaking any dependencies.

Last edited by anonymous_user (2010-01-23 22:28:18)

Kasumi_Ninja

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Re: (SOLVED) What does: warning: removing ... from target list mean?

edit: Ok I think the message is caused by the "u" flag in your command.

-u, --unneeded
           Removes the targets that are not required by any other packages.
           This is mostly useful when removing a group without using the -c
           option, to avoid breaking any dependencies.

But what does it mean? In  answer to your previous question:

# pacman -Rns gnome gnome-extra
gnome not found, searching for group...
:: group gnome:
    gnome-applets  gnome-backgrounds  gnome-control-center  gnome-desktop
    gnome-icon-theme  gnome-media  gnome-mime-data  gnome-panel
    gnome-screensaver  gnome-session  gnome-settings-daemon  gnome-themes
    gnome2-user-docs  libgail-gnome  metacity  nautilus  notification-daemon
    yelp
    Remove whole content? [Y/n]
gnome-extra not found, searching for group...
:: group gnome-extra:
    alacarte  bug-buddy  cheese  deskbar-applet  eog  evince  evolution
    evolution-exchange  evolution-webcal  file-roller  gcalctool  gconf-editor
    gdm  gedit  gnome-audio  gnome-mag  gnome-netstatus  gnome-nettool
    gnome-power-manager  gnome-system-monitor  gnome-terminal  gnome-utils
    gucharmap  hamster-applet  mousetweaks  seahorse  seahorse-plugins  tomboy
    totem  vino  zenity
    Remove whole content? [Y/n]
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: gnome-vfs: requires gnome-mime-data>=2.18.0-2
:: gtkhtml: requires gnome-icon-theme>=2.28.0

anonymous_user

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Re: (SOLVED) What does: warning: removing ... from target list mean?

When you use the "u" flag, it will tell pacman not to remove packages that are needed.

So "warning: removing perl-xml-simple from target list" just means perl-xml-simple is needed by some package so it is being removed from the list of packages to remove.

Kasumi_Ninja

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Re: (SOLVED) What does: warning: removing ... from target list mean?

When you use the "u" flag, it will tell pacman not to remove packages that are needed.

So "warning: removing perl-xml-simple from target list" just means perl-xml-simple is needed by some package so it is being removed from the list of packages to remove.

Thanks for the explanation!