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From: Paul Smith <pausmith@××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Unmerging dependent packages
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:01:48
Message-Id: vpdrfzb76l95.fsf@lemming.engeast.baynetworks.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Unmerging dependent packages by Camille Huot
1 %% Camille Huot <cam@g.o> writes:
2
3 ch> On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:49:37 +0900
4 ch> Georgi Georgiev <chutz@×××.net> wrote:
5
6 >> maillog: 14/04/2004-02:43:56(-0400): Paul Smith types
7 >> > I'm looking for a way to remove a package, and _all the packages
8 >> > that depend on it_, regardless of whether or not they're in the world
9 >> > file.
10
11 ch> I think he wanted to say "_all the packages that it depends on_"
12
13 No, I think I said it correctly.
14
15 >> Could you give us an example? The way I understand you is that if you do:
16 >>
17 >> # emerge -C xfree
18 >>
19 >> you want to also get rid of mozilla, windomwaker, etc. with the
20 >> above command?
21
22 Yes. Although that is an extreme example of course, that is the kind of
23 thing I mean.
24
25 If I remove some library for example, than all the things that RDEPEND
26 on that library, at least, should be removed. Or anyway Portage should
27 give me the option to do that.
28
29 ch> Thus,
30
31 ch> # emerge mozilla unmerge
32
33 ch> would unmerge xfree, gcc, etc.
34
35 No, not that.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Unmerging dependent packages Marius Mauch <genone@g.o>