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On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 01:06:54 -0400, |
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Arve Barsnes wrote: |
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> On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 at 05:04, John Covici <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Hi. After a long time, I got my system into a state where I could |
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> > finally try to do emerge depclean. What a mess! It would have |
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> > deleted source for my running kernel, version of postgresql I am using |
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> > and many other things I am currently using. Some of them, at least |
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> > are in my world file. Some things are not and should be and I can fix |
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> > those, but there are a lot of libraries as well and I want to make |
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> > sure my system is not completely hosed before I run this again -- next |
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> > time after an update. |
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> > So, how can I protect myself against depclean going wild? |
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> If you use an older slot of the kernel or postgres, you need to put |
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> them in world to stop them from being depcleaned. I don't know how |
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> postgres upgrades work in gentoo, but deleting the kernel sources are |
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> usually no big deal unless you plan to re-compile that particular |
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> version. Just make sure you have your config in /boot or something. |
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> I would assume that after adding any other programs you use to world, |
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> any libraries it wants to remove are actually not in use. |
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Thanks, I do need the current sources, lots of packages want to check |
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them and the linux directory entry points to the sources, packages are |
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always looking in there when I emerge them. |
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-- |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici wb2una |
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covici@××××××××××.com |
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