emerge -c wants to remove sys-boot/grub after upgrading to ego 2.6.0

[lazlo.vii]

I followed the instructions in this thread:

Now after running "ego sync" and "emerge -auND @world" when I run "emerge -cp" I get the following output:

>sudo emerge -cp
Password:
	 * Always study the list of packages to be cleaned for any obvious
 * mistakes. Packages that are part of the world set will always
 * be kept.  They can be manually added to this set with
 * `emerge --noreplace <atom>`.  Packages that are listed in
 * package.provided (see portage(5)) will be removed by
 * depclean, even if they are part of the world set.
 *
 * As a safety measure, depclean will not remove any packages
 * unless *all* required dependencies have been resolved.  As a
 * consequence of this, it often becomes necessary to run
 * `emerge --update --newuse --deep @world` prior to depclean.
	Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> Calculating removal order...
	>>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:
	 sys-boot/grub
    selected: 2.02-r1
   protected: none
     omitted: none
	 sys-boot/efibootmgr
    selected: 15
   protected: none
     omitted: none
	 media-libs/freetype
    selected: 2.8
   protected: none
     omitted: none
	 sys-libs/efivar
    selected: 35
   protected: none
     omitted: none
	All selected packages: =sys-boot/efibootmgr-15 =sys-boot/grub-2.02-r1 =sys-libs/efivar-35 =media-libs/freetype-2.8
	>>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
>>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.
	Packages installed:   434
Packages in world:    22
Packages in system:   81
Required packages:    430
Number to remove:     4

I have not removed any of the packages listed in the output and wanted to ask if this is expected and intended behavior.  Pulling out grub seems a little bit reckless.   If I remember correctly, following the Funtoo Install Guide caused grub to be pulled in as a dependency of boot-update.  Perhaps the upgrade instructions for ego 2.6.0 should be expanded to cover this.

In the meantime I'll just add sys-boot/grub to my world file.

Edited October 6, 2018 by lazlo.vii
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[cardinal]

Verify you have installed ego-2.6.0-r2

On my system ego-2.6.0-r2 depends on grub due to boot-update integration.

funtoo /home/rj # equery d grub
 * These packages depend on grub:
app-admin/ego-2.6.0-r2 (sys-boot/grub)

funtoo /home/rj # ego query v ego
 app-admin/ego| slot|               repo
--------------+-----+-------------------
         2.4.2|    0| core-kit/1.2-prime
       2.5.0.2|     | core-kit/1.2-prime
       2.5.0.4|     | core-kit/1.2-prime
    * 2.6.0-r2|     | core-kit/1.2-prime
          9999|     | core-kit/1.2-prime

 

 

[Oleg Vinichenko]

https://www.funtoo.org/Install/Bootloader

[lazlo.vii]

@cardinal

>ego query v ego
 app-admin/ego| slot|               repo
--------------+-----+-------------------
         2.4.2|    0| core-kit/1.2-prime
       2.5.0.2|     | core-kit/1.2-prime
       2.5.0.4|     | core-kit/1.2-prime
    * 2.6.0-r2|     | core-kit/1.2-prime
          9999|     | core-kit/1.2-prime

 

>equery d grub
 * These packages depend on grub:

On my server Portage thinks that nothing depends on grub. 

@Oleg Vinichenko

2 hours ago, Oleg Vinichenko said:

https://www.funtoo.org/Install/Bootloader

This is link to the new Funtoo Installation Guide.   "This page was last edited on October 5, 2018, at 22:02."