Re: [gentoo-user] depclean wants to remove all perl?

[Alan McKinnon]

On 30/07/2014 23:47, Mick wrote:
> Having updated some perl packages, I ran perl-cleaner which failed with some
> blockers, I ran:
>
> emerge --deselect --ask $(qlist -IC 'perl-core/*')
>
> emerge -uD1a $(qlist -IC 'virtual/perl-*')
>
> as advised by perl-cleaner, before I ran perl-cleaner successfully.
>
> Following all this depclean give me a loooong list of perl packages, but I am
> reluctant to hit yes, before I confirm that this correct:


It's very likely safe:

http://dilfridge.blogspot.com/2014/07/perl-in-gentoo-dev-langperl-virtuals.html

I'm quite sure that whole list is now bundled with perl itself so
there's no need to have the modules as well.

Do read the link above and check your main perl version













>
>
>>>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:
>
>  perl-core/Module-Load-Conditional
>     selected: 0.540.0
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-ExtUtils-Install
>     selected: 1.590.0-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-ExtUtils-Command
>     selected: 1.170.0-r5
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/Archive-Tar
>     selected: 1.900.0-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/File-Spec
>     selected: 3.400.0
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/Time-Local
>     selected: 1.230.0-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/CPAN-Meta-Requirements
>     selected: 2.122.0-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/Test-Harness
>     selected: 3.260.0
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-Module-Load-Conditional
>     selected: 0.540.0-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/ExtUtils-ParseXS
>     selected: 3.180.0-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/IO-Compress
>     selected: 2.60.0
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/CPAN-Meta
>     selected: 2.120.921-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/Compress-Raw-Bzip2
>     selected: 2.60.0
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/Parse-CPAN-Meta
>     selected: 1.440.400-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/Params-Check
>     selected: 0.360.0-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/Module-Load
>     selected: 0.240.0
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/Scalar-List-Utils
>     selected: 1.270.0
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/Module-Build
>     selected: 0.400.300-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/Compress-Raw-Zlib
>     selected: 2.60.0
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/Digest-MD5
>     selected: 2.520.0-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-IPC-Cmd
>     selected: 0.800.0-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/CPAN-Meta-YAML
>     selected: 0.8.0-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  perl-core/Module-Metadata
>     selected: 1.0.11-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-ExtUtils-Manifest
>     selected: 1.630.0-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS
>     selected: 3.180.0-r2
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-IO-Zlib
>     selected: 1.100.0-r4
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-Test-Harness
>     selected: 3.260.0-r2
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-Module-CoreList
>     selected: 3.30.0
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-Module-Load
>     selected: 0.240.0-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-Params-Check
>     selected: 0.360.0-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2
>     selected: 2.60.0-r2
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-Package-Constants
>     selected: 0.20.0-r4
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-File-Temp
>     selected: 0.230.0
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements
>     selected: 2.122.0-r2
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-Test-Simple
>     selected: 0.980.0-r5
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-Digest
>     selected: 1.170.0-r3
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-Perl-OSType
>     selected: 1.3.0-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-Archive-Tar
>     selected: 1.900.0-r2
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-CPAN-Meta
>     selected: 2.120.921-r2
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple
>     selected: 0.210.0-r4
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-Module-Metadata
>     selected: 1.0.11-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder
>     selected: 0.280.210-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta
>     selected: 1.440.400-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-JSON-PP
>     selected: 2.272.20-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML
>     selected: 0.8.0-r2
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
>  virtual/perl-version
>     selected: 0.990.200-r1
>    protected: none
>      omitted: none
>
> All selected packages: virtual/perl-CPAN-Meta-2.120.921-r2 virtual/perl-
> Package-Constants-0.20.0-r4 perl-core/Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.60.0 virtual/perl-
> Module-Metadata-1.0.11-r1 virtual/perl-Archive-Tar-1.900.0-r2 perl-
> core/Module-Load-0.240.0 perl-core/Scalar-List-Utils-1.270.0 virtual/perl-
> Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.60.0-r2 virtual/perl-File-Temp-0.230.0 virtual/perl-
> Parse-CPAN-Meta-1.440.400-r1 perl-core/Digest-MD5-2.520.0-r1 virtual/perl-
> ExtUtils-Install-1.590.0-r1 perl-core/ExtUtils-ParseXS-3.180.0-r1
> virtual/perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.280.210-r1 virtual/perl-IO-Zlib-1.100.0-r4
> virtual/perl-version-0.990.200-r1 perl-core/CPAN-Meta-2.120.921-r1 perl-
> core/Module-Metadata-1.0.11-r1 virtual/perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements-2.122.0-r2
> virtual/perl-ExtUtils-Command-1.170.0-r5 virtual/perl-JSON-PP-2.272.20-r1
> virtual/perl-Params-Check-0.360.0-r1 virtual/perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML-0.8.0-r2
> virtual/perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.210.0-r4 virtual/perl-Test-
> Simple-0.980.0-r5 virtual/perl-Module-Load-0.240.0-r1 perl-core/IO-
> Compress-2.60.0 perl-core/Module-Load-Conditional-0.540.0 perl-core/Module-
> Build-0.400.300-r1 perl-core/Archive-Tar-1.900.0-r1 virtual/perl-IPC-
> Cmd-0.800.0-r1 perl-core/CPAN-Meta-YAML-0.8.0-r1 perl-core/Parse-CPAN-
> Meta-1.440.400-r1 virtual/perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-3.180.0-r2 perl-core/Compress-
> Raw-Zlib-2.60.0 virtual/perl-ExtUtils-Manifest-1.630.0-r1 perl-core/CPAN-Meta-
> Requirements-2.122.0-r1 virtual/perl-Perl-OSType-1.3.0-r1 perl-core/Time-
> Local-1.230.0-r1 virtual/perl-Module-Load-Conditional-0.540.0-r1 perl-
> core/File-Spec-3.400.0 virtual/perl-Module-CoreList-3.30.0 perl-core/Test-
> Harness-3.260.0 virtual/perl-Digest-1.170.0-r3 perl-core/Params-Check-0.360.0-
> r1 virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.260.0-r2
>
>>>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
>>>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.
>
>
> What says you?
>


-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@×××××.com