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From:	"b.n." <brullonulla@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] In need of script/command that will parse out all the packages from "emerge -avu world"
Date:	Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:14:56
Message-Id:	`45624518.40406@gmail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] In need of script/command that will parse out all the packages from "emerge -avu world" by Boris Fersing

1	Boris Fersing ha scritto:
2	> let's say you want to install a package "A" which depends on "B" and
3	> "C", if you emerge these 3 packages with emerge -av A B C, the package
4	> B and C won't be removed when you'll uninstall A and you'll have
5	> unneeded dependencies installed on your system !
6	>
7	> If you install only A with emerge -av A and let portage manage the
8	> dependencies for you, your system will still "clean" !
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10	I always understood that "emerge -C" NEVER deleted dependencies (and i
11	fact, I've never seen it happening).
12	Isn't it why the dreaded "emerge depclean" exists?
13
14	By the way, I've never used --oneshot too...
15
16	m.
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Re: [gentoo-user] In need of script/command that will parse out all the packages from "emerge -avu world"	Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>