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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to remove a single binary package
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 11:36:57
Message-Id: 20140202113631.62bf2fbe@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] How to remove a single binary package by Mick
1 On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 13:45:27 +0000, Mick wrote:
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3 > If I use rm to manually get rid of a single package, all its metadata
4 > will still be left in /usr/portage/packages/Packages. Does this
5 > matter? Which function uses the information this file and how might
6 > it be affected if the binary package has been removed manually?
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8 It probably doesn't matter, but emaint -f binhost will clean it up.
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12 Neil Bothwick
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14 When told the reason for Daylight Saving time the old Indian said...
15 "Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a
16 blanket And sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket."

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Re: [gentoo-user] How to remove a single binary package Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>