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On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:17:57 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> >> I believe you can trust it, but why use --depclean instead of just |
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>> >> -C? |
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>> > If you unmerge with -C you have to be sure that nothing needs it as a |
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>> > dependency. Using --depclean helps because it checks that and only |
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>> > unmerges if nothing needs it as a dependency anymore. |
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>> > |
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>> > Greetings |
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>> > |
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>> > Sebastian |
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>> Fair enough. Thanks. Presumably the use of --depclean doesn't work |
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>> until you're clear with emerge -DuN @world? |
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>> I've used this stuff so long I've not learned many of the newer tricks |
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>> I think. Good stuff. |
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> I believe the -C output recommends using --depclean instead now. |
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> -- |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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Hi Neil, |
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Yeah, I think that's been true for awhile. However I'm fairly |
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selective about actually using --depclean when I can use -C, but |
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that's just me personally. In the case of the OP if I wanted to remove |
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exactly 1 package then personally I'd just use -C followed by emerge |
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-pvDuN @world or maybe revdep-rebuild -ip. But again, that's me. |
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--depclean is probably best for removing lots of things, and as I |
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think is clear from this thread, I didn't even know that --depclean |
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followed by a package name was even supported. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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