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On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 09:00:52 +0100, Stroller wrote: |
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> Slightly OT, but are there any tools for cleaning out old entries? |
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> I could write a script to go through package.keywords line by line and, |
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> for packages where the entry is =package-version.1.2.3, delete those |
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> lines where a newer version of the package is now installed on the |
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> system. |
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eix-test-obsolete will do this, but it won't handle all cases. If foo |
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requires libbar to have a particular USE flag and you unmerge foo, but |
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libbar is still needed by something else, it will continue to be built |
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with the unnecessary flag. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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