Re: [gentoo-user] Installing outside of Portage & cruft removal

[Dale]

Grant wrote:
>>>>> What do you guys think of this?  Do you know of a good cruft removal script?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Yep, there's quite good one in gentoo itself.
>>>>
>>>> Basically, you'll need to write a short config for it, consisting of
>>>> lines like "cruft name", "cruft src uri" and a few more lines if you'll
>>>> need to pass some extra parameters to configure/make/install.
>>>> It'll build the package in a sandbox, then transfer it to destination,
>>>> memorizing every change it did and preventing collisions and config
>>>> overwrites.
>>>>
>>>> Just put that config script into an ebuild file and use portage to
>>>> build it - as simple as it gets ;)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I suppose you and Jesus are right, but what about cruft removal?  Are
>>> you saying Gentoo is 100% cruft-free?  I've got a lot of junk in /etc
>>> and especially ~/.*
>>>
>>> - Grant
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
> [snip]
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>> You have to clean out /etc and home directories yourself.
>>
>
> Exactly.  Nothing to help me along?  I'll check out qfile, but I'm
> surprised there isn't a good script for this.
>
> I'm the only one interested in a filesystem audit?
>
> - Grant
>
>
>
>> Portage does do a good job of removing all the other files tho.  If it
>> puts it there, it will remove it if you unmerge a package.
>>
>> Dale
>>
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>
>

There is a script on the forums that is supposed to clean out /etc.  I
am attaching a copy of it.  I have no idea if it still works or if it
will completely destroy your system.  I would search for the thread or
go through the script to make sure it doesn't mess up something.

I do wish there was a option for cleaning out /etc but then again, that
could be dangerous too. 

Dale

:-)  :-)