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On Saturday 29 October 2005 17:49, Jarry wrote: |
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> So, with your help I finally checked all software installed on my |
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> gentoo-server (thanks to everyone, who replied). There were a few |
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> gentoo-sources (I think 5 or 6 different versions), so I used |
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> "emerge --prune gentoo-sources" to leave only the last one. |
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> Then I checked /usr/src, and I see there are still 2 subdirectories: |
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> linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 (~50MB) |
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> linux-2.6.13-gentoo-r5 (~300MB) |
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> I'm surprised there is still 2.6.12-r6, because I unmerged it. |
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> Can I delete it? Will this not break some dependencies? |
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yes you can unmerge elderly kernel sources as you want to, but it is faster |
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to delete the directories first and than unmerginf |
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> Moreover, "emerge --pretend --prune" showed I have a few packages |
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> with more than one version: |
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> db (4.2.52_p2 , 1.85-r2) |
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> automake (1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.4_p6, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1) |
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> freetype (2.1.9-r1, 1.3.1.-r4) |
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> autoconf (2.13, 2.59-r6) |
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> Can I unmerge all but the last versions? Strange is, emerge does |
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> not always want to leave the last version, for example it has |
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> marked db 4.2.52 as "selected" for unmerge, and 1.85 as "protected" |
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> (similar for freetype, 2.1.9 "selected", 1.3.1 "protected"). |
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> So can I leave "emerge --prune" to do its job without breaking |
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> some dependencies? At least for automake and autoconf? |
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no! |
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you need several different db, automake and autoconf versions. Removing them |
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will break your system in horrible ways! Do not touch them! |
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They are very much needed. Let them stay and do not disturb them. |
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Removing freetype will not break your system, but some apps may start to look |
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extremly ugly ;) |
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