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

[J. Roeleveld]

On 30 July 2014 23:47:19 CEST, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> 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:
>
>
>>>> 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?

I always check the list from depclean to see if there is any package and/or version that I am actually using.
If yes, I add it to the world file. (Emerge --noreplace)
If no, I say yes and go do something else.

I always configure portage to create binpackages which make for a very easy and quick restore if depclean does make a mistake.

--
Joost
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