Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] man/make.conf.5: Mention eclean in PKGDIR section

[Zac Medico]

On 4/26/20 9:54 AM, Matt Turner wrote:
> And remove obsolete text from binpkg-multi-instance. I believe this was
> obsolete even before my gentoolkit patches that add the --changed-deps
> flag to eclean packages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
> ---
>  man/make.conf.5 | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
> index f82fed65a..a0aa5f129 100644
> --- a/man/make.conf.5
> +++ b/man/make.conf.5
> @@ -310,10 +310,6 @@ running older portage, since the file format is identical, the
>  per\-package PATH attribute in the 'Packages' index directs them to
>  download the file from the correct URI, and they automatically use
>  BUILD_TIME metadata to select the latest builds.
> -
> -There is currently no automated way to prune old builds from PKGDIR,
> -although it is possible to remove packages manually, and then run
> -\(aqemaint \-\-fix binhost' to update the ${PKGDIR}/Packages index.

The emaint --fix binhost part could still be a useful hint in case
someone wants to delete something manually.

>  .TP
>  .B buildpkg
>  Binary packages will be created for all packages that are merged. Also see
> @@ -838,6 +834,9 @@ to it's category. However, for backward compatibility with the layout
>  used by older versions of portage, if the \fI${PKGDIR}/All\fR directory
>  exists then all packages will be stored inside of it and symlinks to
>  the packages will be created in the category subdirectories.
> +
> +If you would like to selectively prune obsolete files from this directory, see
> +\fBeclean\fR(1) from the gentoolkit package.
>  .br
>  Defaults to /var/cache/binpkgs.
>  .TP
>
-- 
Thanks,
Zac