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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
Subject: Re: Dealing with /var/cache on unmerge
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 06:29:27 -0400
On Sunday 11 June 2006 05:01, Jakub Moc wrote:
> Daniel Drake wrote:
> > Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >> maybe give ebuilds a way to maintain a list of files that portage
> >> should nuke when unmerging the package ...
> >
> > Something similar to this would be useful for kernel ebuilds, as simply
> > unmerging kernel source will leave a load of temporary and object files
> > on the filesystem.
>
> Already been there and got removed, because it broke emerge -e world for
> ebuilds that need configured kernel to compile.

that isnt a bug

you cant assume the kernel sources that were just dropped into place match 
exactly the compiled objects in the same tree
-mike
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Dealing with /var/cache on unmerge
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Re: Dealing with /var/cache on unmerge
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Re: Dealing with /var/cache on unmerge
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