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Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> Hi, |
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>> Just doing a little house cleaning here. Sort of curious about this tho: |
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>> root@smoker / # emerge -p --depclean |
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> <SNIP> |
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>> dev-lang/python |
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>> selected: 2.4.4-r13 |
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>> protected: none |
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>> omitted: 2.5.2-r5 |
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> <SNIP> |
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>> root@smoker / # equery depends =dev-lang/python-2.4.4-r13 |
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>> [ Searching for packages depending on =dev-lang/python-2.4.4-r13... ] |
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>> app-admin/gamin-0.1.9-r1 (python? virtual/python) |
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>> app-office/openoffice-2.4.1 (>=dev-lang/python-2.3.4) |
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> <SNIP> |
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>> sys-apps/file-4.23 (virtual/python) |
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>> sys-apps/portage-2.2_rc3 (>=dev-lang/python-2.4) |
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>> sys-libs/cracklib-2.8.12 (python? dev-lang/python) |
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>> sys-libs/libcap-1.10-r11 (python? >=virtual/python-2.2.1) |
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>> root@smoker / # |
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>> I notice some depend on the new python which should be OK since it is |
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>> staying but is it safe to remove the old python? |
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>> Also, I know the kernels are safe but what about subversion, apr and |
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>> friends? I thought portage used subversion or something? |
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>> While I am at it, can equery tell me what depends on that specific version |
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>> of a package? It seems to just list everything that depends on python |
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>> period the way I am doing it now. Is there a better tool to check on this? |
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>> Thanks |
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>> Dale |
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> I'm seeing the same thing here Dale. I got past my problems from |
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> yesterday by first using the older version of python-updater, then |
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> removing the old python, emerging the new python-updater and running |
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> python-updater again. After all of that I have the same two versions |
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> installed that you do and haven't figured out if this stuff is really |
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> 'slotted' in the sense that different programs actually require the |
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> older version and cannot use the newer version. |
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> Question: Same as you. How do you check what slotted package something |
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> else is really using? revdep-rebuild possibly? |
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> - Mark |
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Hi Mark, |
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Well, I may update my backup and give it a try. I'll rebuild portage |
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again juuuuuusssst in case tho. ;-) |
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revdep-rebuild is just for fixing broke stuff. I'm thinking eix may be |
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able to help but not real sure about it either. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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