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> I just can't understand why "emerge -- depclean" such a dangerous |
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> command can exist or i do it in a wrong way(although i think i am |
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> right). |
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Have you seen the big fat warning that says "emerge --depclean may |
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damage your system" ? |
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"--depclean" is a nice service for advanced users. It's nothing for |
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beginners. You should know, why it does - and how it does what it does. |
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Well, --depclean start with all the packages in your world-file |
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(/var/lib/portage/world) and then it visits all the dependencies and the |
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dependencies of the dependencies of the packages. |
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All the packages, that are installed but that are not in the world file |
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or not a dependency, these packages are removed. |
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--depclean _may_ remove packages that are still in use, because of |
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use-flags were changed, faulty ebuilds, ... |
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So use it with care. |
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> Does this ever happened to you? |
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No, i'm using it with much much care. |
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