Re: [gentoo-user] problem with emerge depclean after world update

[Arve Barsnes]

On Fri, 30 Sept 2022 at 22:27, Wol <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
> Does that mean an update typically cleans a replaced package
> automagically? I thought that usually they got left behind and that was
> why you needed depclean - to remove all the old versions?
>
> Certainly that's what I remember of depclean of old - the list of stuff
> being cleaned was mostly old versions of what was installed.

I don't remember that, although my memory might be less than stellar.

Unless a package is slotted, an update replaces the old version, and
hence nothing to depclean.

Cheers,
Arve