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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] removing gtk+ as requested by --depclean
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:37:36
Message-Id: 201104290935.59033.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] removing gtk+ as requested by --depclean by "Norman Rieß"
1 On Thursday 28 April 2011 14:08:20 Norman Rieß wrote:
2 > Am 04/28/11 14:28, schrieb Allan Gottlieb:
3 > > (I confess to being a little over cautious after xcb.)
4 > >
5 > > After today's update word (just a few updates were specified/done).
6 > > --depclean recommended
7 > >
8 > >>>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:
9 > > x11-libs/gtk+
10 > >
11 > > selected: 3.0.9
12 > >
13 > > protected: none
14 > >
15 > > omitted: 2.24.3
16 > >
17 > > All selected packages: x11-libs/gtk+-3.0.9
18 > >
19 > > I am a gnome user so gtk is important and I notice that it is suggesting
20 > > I remove the highest version. I decided not to remove it until I
21 > > checked here. My system is ~amd64
22 > >
23 > > Advice appreciated.
24 > > allan
25 >
26 > Hi,
27 >
28 > you can check with "equery d x11-libs/gtk+" if there is a package which
29 > depends on this version. I expect there will be none, otherwise depclean
30 > would not want to remove it.
31 > If you remove it, you can run "revdep-rebuild" to see if any programs
32 > have broken libs und rebuild them.
33
34 equery is not the most reliable tool for this purpose. It is better to run:
35
36 emerge --depclean -v -p '=x11-libs/gtk+-3.0.9'
37
38 This will show all packages that depend on the above version. If none comes
39 up you can allow depclean to do its thing.
40 --
41 Regards,
42 Mick

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