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Installed packages sometimes become obsolete because the package got version bumped and the ebuild for the old version got dropped. Also it happens that packages are dropped completely from the tree (usually for a good reason). I'd like to query those packages in order to take the appropriate action (update, remove).

How to query installed packages that

  1. have no ebuild for the current installed version; and
  2. have no ebuild at all anymore (e.g. because it got deleted)
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For this you can use eix-test-obsolete from app-portage/eix. eix-test-obsolete is set of few tests to check is package is obsolete.

I output packages are grouped by specific test. One of them is "Installed packages with a version not in the database (or masked)". Description of all of them you can find in man eix.

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  • Thanks for your answer. eix-test-obsolete is a great tool, but I think what I really want are the eix parameters that lists all packages that fall into 1. or 2. Commented Dec 7, 2012 at 17:30
  • I don't know if you can be that specific. You can also check TEST_ and NONEXISTENT_IF_ variables in man eix. Commented Dec 7, 2012 at 17:37
  • Of course, any other tool besides eix that does the job is also ok. Commented Dec 7, 2012 at 17:37
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The best answer that came up so far is

TEST_FOR_REDUNDANCY=false eix -T

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It shows a little bit more then I asked for, but it's a good starting point.

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