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From: Jarry <jarry@×××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] orphaned kernel sources?
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:58:03
Message-Id: 436399EE.2080802@gmx.net
1 So, with your help I finally checked all software installed on my
2 gentoo-server (thanks to everyone, who replied). There were a few
3 gentoo-sources (I think 5 or 6 different versions), so I used
4 "emerge --prune gentoo-sources" to leave only the last one.
5
6 Then I checked /usr/src, and I see there are still 2 subdirectories:
7 linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 (~50MB)
8 linux-2.6.13-gentoo-r5 (~300MB)
9
10 I'm surprised there is still 2.6.12-r6, because I unmerged it.
11 Can I delete it? Will this not break some dependencies?
12
13 Moreover, "emerge --pretend --prune" showed I have a few packages
14 with more than one version:
15
16 db (4.2.52_p2 , 1.85-r2)
17 automake (1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.4_p6, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1)
18 freetype (2.1.9-r1, 1.3.1.-r4)
19 autoconf (2.13, 2.59-r6)
20
21 Can I unmerge all but the last versions? Strange is, emerge does
22 not always want to leave the last version, for example it has
23 marked db 4.2.52 as "selected" for unmerge, and 1.85 as "protected"
24 (similar for freetype, 2.1.9 "selected", 1.3.1 "protected").
25 So can I leave "emerge --prune" to do its job without breaking
26 some dependencies? At least for automake and autoconf?
27
28 Jarry
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] orphaned kernel sources? joachim.fasting@×××××.com
Re: [gentoo-user] orphaned kernel sources? Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] orphaned kernel sources? "A. Khattri" <ajai@××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] orphaned kernel sources? "Hemmann