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From: Thufir <hawat.thufir@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] prune dangers
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:12:55
Message-Id: bf6b6d5c0707171600h34e52302pfabe5e65b3255e84@mail.gmail.com
1 It seems that prune would break all sorts of software, yes? In
2 particular, GNOME and X windows?
3
4
5 localhost ~ #
6 localhost ~ #
7 localhost ~ # emerge --prune --newuse --deep --ask
8
9 >>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:
10
11 app-text/docbook-sgml-dtd
12 selected: 3.1-r3 4.4 4.1-r3 4.0-r3
13 protected: 3.0-r3
14 omitted: none
15
16 app-text/docbook-xml-dtd
17 selected: 4.4-r1
18 protected: 4.1.2-r6
19 omitted: none
20
21 sys-devel/automake
22 selected: 1.6.3
23 protected: 1.10
24 omitted: none
25
26 app-text/docbook-xml-simple-dtd
27 selected: 1.0-r1
28 protected: 4.1.2.4-r2
29 omitted: none
30
31 app-crypt/gnupg
32 selected: 1.4.7-r1
33 protected: 1.9.21
34 omitted: none
35
36 gnome-extra/gtkhtml
37 selected: 3.12.3
38 protected: 2.6.3
39 omitted: none
40
41 x11-libs/qt
42 selected: 3.3.8-r2
43 protected: 4.2.3-r1
44 omitted: none
45
46 x11-libs/gtk+
47 selected: 2.10.11
48 protected: 1.2.10-r12
49 omitted: none
50
51 dev-libs/glib
52 selected: 2.12.11
53 protected: 1.2.10-r5
54 omitted: none
55
56 sys-devel/autoconf
57 selected: 2.13
58 protected: 2.61
59 omitted: none
60
61 >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
62 >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.
63
64 Would you like to unmerge these packages? [Yes/No] n
65
66 Quitting.
67
68 localhost ~ # emerge --depclean --ask
69
70 *** WARNING *** Depclean may break link level dependencies. Thus, it is
71 *** WARNING *** recommended to use a tool such as `revdep-rebuild` (from
72 *** WARNING *** app-portage/gentoolkit) in order to detect such breakage.
73 *** WARNING ***
74 *** WARNING *** Also study the list of packages to be cleaned for any obvious
75 *** WARNING *** mistakes. Packages that are part of the world set will always
76 *** WARNING *** be kept. They can be manually added to this set with
77 *** WARNING *** `emerge --noreplace <atom>`. Packages that are listed in
78 *** WARNING *** package.provided (see portage(5)) will be removed by
79 *** WARNING *** depclean, even if they are part of the world set.
80 *** WARNING ***
81 *** WARNING *** As a safety measure, depclean will not remove any packages
82 *** WARNING *** unless *all* required dependencies have been resolved. As a
83 *** WARNING *** consequence, it is often necessary to run
84 *** WARNING *** `emerge --update --newuse --deep world` prior to depclean.
85
86 Calculating dependencies... done!
87
88 Packages installed: 563
89 Packages in world: 16
90 Packages in system: 55
91 Unique package names: 563
92 Required packages: 563
93 Number removed: 0
94 * GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
95 localhost ~ #
96 localhost ~ # emerge --update --newuse --deep world --ask
97
98 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
99
100 Calculating world dependencies... done!
101
102 Nothing to merge; would you like to auto-clean packages? [Yes/No] y
103 >>> Auto-cleaning packages...
104
105 >>> No outdated packages were found on your system.
106 * GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
107 localhost ~ #
108 localhost ~ #
109 localhost ~ # date
110 Tue Jul 17 22:55:52 UTC 2007
111 localhost ~ #
112 localhost ~ #
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117 thanks,
118
119 Thufir
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Re: [gentoo-user] prune dangers Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>