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On 09/02/2011 06:59 PM, James wrote: |
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> James<wireless<at> tampabay.rr.com> writes: |
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>> It is time to remove |
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>> dev-lang/python-2.6.6-r2 |
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> emerge --depclean -pv =dev-lang/python-2.6.6-r2 |
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>[...] |
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> CAN I TRUST this syntax to test for packages to remove? |
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You can trust it because portage *is* the package manager, and the |
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package manager always knows what the dependencies of packages are. |
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Tools like equery can do analysis and stuff, but the final decision of |
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what gets installed and what's needed is up to Portage. So if you can't |
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trust the package manager, you're screwed anyway :-) |
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However, "emerge -uDN world" must pass cleanly before you depclean |
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something. |
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