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On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Paul Hartman |
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<paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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>> On 28/02/12 00:41, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>>> |
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>>> Are there any tools that will: |
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>>> |
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>>> 1) Ensure that for every installed packages there is a corresponding |
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>>> tbz2 file in /usr/portage/packages? |
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>>> |
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>>> 2) Remove any older versions in /usr/portage/packages prior to me |
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>>> running a backup? |
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>> |
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>> |
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>> I think app-portage/gentoolkit can help with its "eclean" tool |
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>> (specifically, "eclean-pkg"). |
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>> |
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>> "man eclean" should get you started. |
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> And as an example of savings... I run eclean once in a while, but not |
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> automated. I just ran it and got these results: |
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> |
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> [ 14.8 G ] Total space from 1673 files were freed in the distfiles directory |
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> I guess I should use it more frequently. ;) |
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> |
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Hey Paul, |
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I have absolutely no recollection of turning on buildpkg on my |
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wife's machine, but doing updates tonight I noticed it was there and |
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did a quick cleanup. While I didn't beat you, I came closer than I |
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would have guessed just an hour ago! ;-) |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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k2 ~ # eclean-pkg -d |
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<SNIP> |
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=========== |
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[ 12.1 G ] Total space from 3793 files were freed in the packages directory |
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k2 ~ # |
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