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From: Fernando Rodriguez <frodriguez.developer@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why --noclear not set on tty1 in default /etc/inittab?
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2015 20:42:28
Message-Id: BLU436-SMTP2558DA5DBDD0C40BF9695458D720@phx.gbl
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] why --noclear not set on tty1 in default /etc/inittab? by Alan McKinnon
1 On Saturday, August 08, 2015 2:26:50 PM Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On 08/08/2015 14:23, Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 > > On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 05:13:06 -0400, Fernando Rodriguez wrote:
4 > >
5 > >> To remove safely now you should run:
6 > >> emerge --deselect dev-haskell/hostname
7 > >> followed by:
8 > >> emerge --depclean
9 > >>
10 > >> That will remove it only if it's not needed by some other package.
11 > >
12 > > Or emerge --depclean --ask --verbose dev-haskell/hostname
13 > >
14 > > easier to type version
15 > >
16 > > emerge -cav dev-haskell/hostname
17 > >
18 > >
19 >
20 >
21 > Then install eix to hugely simplify the search process that should have
22 > been done as step 1.
23 >
24 > eix hostname
25 >
26 > would have immediately shown that it is a Haskell package and unsuitable.
27 >
28 >
29
30 And don't forget gentoolkit, so next time you screw up a config file instead of
31 guessing it, you can easily find out which package provides it with:
32
33 equery belongs <file>
34
35 --
36 Fernando Rodriguez