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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What causes a package to be brought in during a big emerge?
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:32:21
Message-Id: 20090926093213.0c70a08f@krikkit.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: What causes a package to be brought in during a big emerge? by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:36:45 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
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3 > Furthermore, *after* "emerge -C oldPackageNoLongerNeeded", do:
4 >
5 > grep oldPackageNoLongerNeeded /var/lib/portage/world
6 >
7 > to see if it's still listed in the world file. If yes, remove all
8 > traces of it (you can simply edit this world file with a text editor,
9 > it's safe, but of course you might still want to make a backup of it.)
10
11 emerge -C should remove it from the world file. If it does not, something
12 is broken that requires more than editing world.
13
14 You can also check this with emaint -c world.
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18 Neil Bothwick
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20 This universe is sold by mass, not by volume.
21 Some expansion may have occurred during shipment

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