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On 10/16/07, Anthony E. Caudel <tony.caudel@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> I have just used depclean for the first time (I was afraid of it) after |
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> several years of Gentoo. It has cleaned up my system a good bit but now |
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> it wants to remove some packages that I'm concerned about: |
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> gcc-3.4.6-r2 (I'm using 4.1.2) |
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> libstdc++-v3-3.3.4 and virtual/libstdc++ |
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> virtual/jdk and virual/jre (it leaves the later versions in both cases) |
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> qt-4.1.4-r2 (leaving qt-3.3.8-r4) |
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> several early versions of db leaving db-4.5.20_p2 |
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> and a few others |
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> How much danger is there if I remove these? |
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Well, you might find yourself in an un-usable GUI system upon reboot. |
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To add packages, that you care about, to your world file use: emerge |
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--noreplace <atom>. Do this with all the packages you want to keep / |
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you feel are essential to your system. |
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I'd like, however, that someone more experienced confirm my comments. |
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Also, look at: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Maintain_Gentoo_-_%22Best_Practices%22#depclean |
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Regards, |
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Liviu |
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