Re: [gentoo-user] problems with depclean

[John Covici]

On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:19:45 -0400,
Neil Bothwick wrote:
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> On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:53:10 -0400, John Covici wrote:
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> > >  Is @kernels in /var/lib/portage/world_sets?
> > >
> > > I tested this and I found that the "emerge -n @kernels" did not add
> > > @kernels to /var/lib/portage/world_sets. However, if I manually
> > > edited world_sets and added @kernels then this works as expected.
> >
> > Do I just add a line saying @kernels to that file or is there some
> > other syntax?
>
> Just add @kernels on a line. The format of world_sets is like world,
> except it contains set names rather than package names.

Thanks much.  Now, what about depclean deleting packages where I have
the name in my world file, but no version numbers or anything, it
seems to want to delete what it maybe thinks are older versions even
if the "older" version is the only one installed?

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