Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Only two people in the gentoo world is having this problem?
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:08:27
Message-Id: 20100313111346.5108e63a@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Only two people in the gentoo world is having this problem? by Walter Dnes
1 On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:26:23 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
2
3 > > It probably means you have run fix_libtool_files.sh, or possibly
4 > > lafilefixer, between installing and removing the package responsible
5 > > for that file. Emerge won't remove files it installed if they have
6 > > been subsequently modified.
7 >
8 > Do they warn about
9 > it?
10
11 No, it's a simple rule: if portage didn't put the file there, portage
12 won't remove it. It is also a sensible rule (IMO) but it can lead to .la
13 files being orphaned (which is more a problem with the whole .la thing).
14 I'd rather that than have portage delete my customisations.
15
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18 Neil Bothwick
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20 Last yur I kudnt spel modjerater now I are won.

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