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From: deface <deface@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Lost /sbin/rc
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:09:41
Message-Id: 8B2A4CE9-7C93-4749-8F24-640B770BD1CC@uberpenguin.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Lost /sbin/rc by Dale
1 Not sure how far behind he was w/ the baselayout. It may have been
2 removed from portage, and him masking it blocked. although he says he
3 had recently installed it. but yes, it sounds as though something else
4 went wrong.
5 On Jan 27, 2008, at 10:43 PM, Dale wrote:
6
7 > deface wrote:
8 >> It sounds like the mistake was on your hand. baselayout isn't udated
9 >> as often, unless you are ~**. the missing files are from any
10 >> baselayout, not just the version you are stating.
11 >>
12 >> *** WARNING *** Depclean may break link level dependencies. Thus,
13 >> it is
14 >> *** WARNING *** recommended to use a tool such as `revdep-rebuild`
15 >> (from
16 >> *** WARNING *** app-portage/gentoolkit) in order to detect such
17 >> breakage.
18 >> *** WARNING ***
19 >> *** WARNING *** Also study the list of packages to be cleaned for
20 >> any
21 >> obvious
22 >> *** WARNING *** mistakes. Packages that are part of the world set
23 >> will always
24 >> *** WARNING *** be kept. They can be manually added to this set
25 >> with
26 >> *** WARNING *** `emerge --noreplace <atom>`. Packages that are
27 >> listed in
28 >> *** WARNING *** package.provided (see portage(5)) will be removed by
29 >> *** WARNING *** depclean, even if they are part of the world set.
30 >> *** WARNING ***
31 >> *** WARNING *** As a safety measure, depclean will not remove any
32 >> packages
33 >> *** WARNING *** unless *all* required dependencies have been
34 >> resolved. As a
35 >> *** WARNING *** consequence, it is often necessary to run
36 >> *** WARNING *** `emerge --update --newuse --deep world` prior to
37 >> depclean.
38 >>
39 >> Plenty of warning there. Not recommended to --depclean. UNLESS
40 >> absolutely necessary.
41 >>
42 >> deface
43 >>
44 >>
45 >>
46 >
47 >
48 > Isn't baselayout part of system? Wouldn't --depclean leave that
49 > installed? Something sounds . . . fishy. I run --depclean and I
50 > don't
51 > recall it ever removing something in system.
52 >
53 > That said, always add a -p or -a to that thing. It can boo boo and
54 > remove something you need if you are not careful. I removed a kde
55 > thing
56 > once. No GUI for a bit.
57 >
58 > Dale
59 >
60 > :-) :-)
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