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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] perl-cleaner lerfovers
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 12:39:32
Message-Id: 201502141239.26237.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] perl-cleaner lerfovers by Alexander Kapshuk
1 On Saturday 14 Feb 2015 12:19:54 Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
2 > On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
3 > > On Saturday 14 Feb 2015 11:48:57 Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
4 > > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 1:37 PM, bitlord <bitlord0xff@×××××.com> wrote:
5 > > > > On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:13:25 +0200
6 > > > >
7 > > > > Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote:
8 > > > > > 'perl-cleaner --all' generated the following output.
9 > > > > >
10 > > > > > * Finding left over modules and header
11 > > > > >
12 > > > > > * The following files remain. These were either installed by hand
13 > > > > > * or edited. This script cannot deal with them.
14 > > > > >
15 > > > > > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.16.3/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini
16 > > > > > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.18.2/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini
17 > > > > > /usr/lib/perl5/5.12.4/i686-linux/Encode/ConfigLocal.pm
18 > > > > >
19 > > > > > What's the recommended way to go about this?
20 > > > > >
21 > > > > > Thanks.
22 > > > >
23 > > > > As I understand this, it is safe to remove and that is what I do when
24 > > > > they appear on my system, if you don't have perl 5.16.3, 5.18.2 or
25 > > > > 5.12.4 ..., and updated/rebuild all perl modules with perl-cleaner.
26 > > > >
27 > > > > I also used 'qfile /path/to/file' (from portage-utils) to check if
28 > > > > they belong to any installed package. (which is probably not needed,
29 > > > > per-cleaner knows about this?)
30 > > > >
31 > > > > Understood. Thanks.
32 > > >
33 > > > I am running 'dev-lang/perl-5.20.1-r4', so I guess I'll just go ahead
34 > > > and remove the files left over. They don't seem to belong to any
35 > > > package I currently have installed. I verified that using qfile and
36 > > > 'equery b'.
37 > >
38 > > I think that you should check your /var/lib/portage/world to make sure
39 > > that you have not inadvertently added any perl packages in there. Then
40 > > emerge -C
41 > > any found and after that run @preserved-rebuild to bring in anything
42 > > required.
43 > > --
44 > > Regards,
45 > > Mick
46 >
47 > Thanks. Does this one count?
48 >
49 > grep -i perl /var/lib/portage/world
50 > sys-devel/libperl
51
52 Yes, you shouldn't really have any libs in your world file. Any required
53 would be pulled in as dependencies.
54
55 --
56 Regards,
57 Mick

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