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From: Dale <teendale@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Exercising a bit of caution with prune
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 06:18:34
Message-Id: 44BB2A11.4080607@vista-express.com
1 Hi,
2
3 On occasion I get a bit of cruft on my system. So I do the emerge -Pp
4 world to see what can be removed. I wanted some opinions on this list:
5
6 > root@smoker / # emerge -Pp world
7 >
8 > >>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:
9 >
10 > app-text/docbook-sgml-dtd
11 > selected: 4.4 4.1-r3 4.0-r3 3.0-r3 3.1-r3
12 > protected: 4.2-r2
13 > omitted: none
14 >
15 > gnome-base/gconf
16 > selected: 1.0.9
17 > protected: 2.14.0
18 > omitted: none
19 >
20 > dev-libs/lzo
21 > selected: 2.02-r1
22 > protected: 1.08-r1
23 > omitted: none
24 >
25 > app-text/docbook-xml-dtd
26 > selected: 4.4-r1 4.2-r1 4.1.2-r6
27 > protected: 4.3
28 > omitted: none
29 >
30 > sys-devel/automake
31 > selected: 1.5 1.6.3 1.7.9-r1 1.4_p6 1.8.5-r3
32 > protected: 1.9.6-r2
33 > omitted: none
34 >
35 > app-text/docbook-xml-simple-dtd
36 > selected: 4.1.2.4-r2
37 > protected: 1.0-r1
38 > omitted: none
39 >
40 > gnome-base/gnome-vfs
41 > selected: 1.0.5-r4
42 > protected: 2.14.2
43 > omitted: none
44 >
45 > dev-lang/python
46 > selected: 2.3.4-r1
47 > protected: 2.4.3-r1
48 > omitted: none
49 >
50 > sys-devel/gcc
51 > selected: 3.3.5.20050130-r1
52 > protected: 3.4.6-r1
53 > omitted: none
54 >
55 > media-libs/freetype
56 > selected: 1.3.1-r4
57 > protected: 2.1.10-r2
58 > omitted: none
59 >
60 > app-crypt/gnupg
61 > selected: 1.4.4
62 > protected: 1.9.21
63 > omitted: none
64 >
65 > gnome-extra/gtkhtml
66 > selected: 2.6.3
67 > protected: 1.1.10-r1
68 > omitted: none
69 >
70 > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
71 > selected: 2.6.14-r5 2.6.16-r7 2.6.16-r9 2.6.16-r12
72 > protected: 2.6.16-r13
73 > omitted: none
74 >
75 > x11-libs/qt
76 > selected: 3.3.6-r1
77 > protected: 4.1.4
78 > omitted: none
79 >
80 > gnome-base/libglade
81 > selected: 0.17-r6
82 > protected: 2.5.1
83 > omitted: none
84 >
85 > x11-libs/gtk+
86 > selected: 1.2.10-r11
87 > protected: 2.8.19
88 > omitted: none
89 >
90 > sys-libs/db
91 > selected: 4.1.25_p1-r4 4.2.52_p2-r1
92 > protected: 1.85-r2
93 > omitted: none
94 >
95 > dev-libs/glib
96 > selected: 1.2.10-r5
97 > protected: 2.10.3
98 > omitted: none
99 >
100 > gnome-base/orbit
101 > selected: 0.5.17-r1
102 > protected: 2.14.0
103 > omitted: none
104 >
105 > sys-devel/autoconf
106 > selected: 2.13
107 > protected: 2.59-r7
108 > omitted: none
109 >
110 > >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
111 > >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.
112 >
113 > root@smoker / #
114
115 I know to be careful with some things, gcc, autoconf and such but what
116 in this list can NOT be removed? Some of them I'm not sure about but I
117 don't want to break things either. Explain your thinking/reasons if you
118 can. May help me later on.
119
120 Thanks
121
122 Dale
123
124 :-) :-)
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Re: [gentoo-user] Exercising a bit of caution with prune Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>