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From: Xavier Parizet <xav@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] remove a package from world without unmerging?
Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 08:03:18
Message-Id: b0dbc5bf5037e71c44e7af28a0e91f60@mail.xen
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] remove a package from world without unmerging? by KH
1 On Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:40 +0200, KH <gentoo-user@××××××××××××××××.de>
2 wrote:
3 > Dale schrieb:
4 >> AllenJB wrote:
5 >>> From Portage 2.2 rc30 onwards you can use --deselect. This ability is
6 >>> not present in any previous version.
7 >>>
8 >>> Until you're using Portage 2.2, the other alternative is to manually
9 >>> edit the world file (MAKE A BACKUP FIRST!)
10 >>>
11 >>> AllenJB
12 >>>
13 >>
14 >> I have done this a few times as well and it worked fine. Just leave it
15 >> nice and clean, remove the whole line instead of leaving a blank line.
16 >>
17 >> Also, some nerd seems to have made it in alphabetical order too. It
18 >> should be easy to find.
19 >>
20 >> Dale
21 >>
22 >> :-) :-)
23 >>
24 > Hi,
25 >
26 > thanks for the answer. One more question: Where exactly is the world
27 > file? Is it in /var/db/pkg/ ?
28
29 /var/lib/portage/world
30
31 >
32 > kh
33
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