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Mick wrote: |
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> On Thursday, 6 June 2019 05:56:53 BST Dale wrote: |
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>> Grant Taylor wrote: |
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>>> On 6/5/19 9:18 PM, Dale wrote: |
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>>>> I would start by removing anything that has libs in it. Generally, |
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>>>> those should be pulled in as deps. After that, I'd go through the |
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>>>> list and remove anything that you don't directly use. |
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>>> ACK |
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>>> Can I just edit /var/lib/portage/world? Or do I need to do something |
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>>> else? |
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> Yes, manually edit this file, but FIRST MAKE A BACK UP. :-) |
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>> It's a plain text file and I've edited it in the past with no problems. |
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>> I've done that cleanup before and it can take some time to accomplish |
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>> depending on how bad it is. I went through this when I first started |
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>> using Gentoo and didn't know any better. I'd do small chunks and keep a |
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>> versioned back up file just in case. |
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>> I've also used the script once. It does fairly well. It may miss a |
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>> couple here and there and may have a few false positives as well. Still |
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>> it can do some heavy lifting for you. I'd copy the world file to a safe |
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>> place and try the script. I'd try it once with the old world file in |
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>> place and once without a world file at all. Then see which one works |
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>> best. If that fails, do it manually. |
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>> Good luck. I hope one or the other works. |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> I think, but may be wrong, regenworld will pick up anything and everything in |
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> emerge.log and add it to your world file. Definitely create a back up of / |
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> var/lib/portage/world if you do not have one already, because you can diff it |
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> later on to see how much weight it has put on. |
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From the help info, I think that is what it is saying. However, when I |
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used it last time, many years ago, it would somehow figure out what is |
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dependencies. From what I recall, it didn't do a bad job. |
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As you say tho, backup the file before doing anything. At least then |
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there is something to refer back to. Of course, it may be a option to |
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just start from a empty world file and add back what is really needed |
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and just keep running --depclean to see what needs to be added back to |
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the world file. |
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This is like updating a old un-maintained system. In some cases it is |
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best to reinstall but in some it may not take much effort to do the |
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updates just in smaller steps. Thing is, one doesn't know until one |
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starts the process. It all depends on so many variables. Plus, we |
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ain't the ones doing it either. lol |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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