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On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 18:46:45 +1100, wraeth wrote: |
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> > Interestingly, how do you remove an binary package using portage when |
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> > you no longer need it? Using 'rm -i <package>' manually? |
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> The `eclean` utility from app-portage/gentoolkit can do this for you (as |
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> well as maintaining your distfiles directory). |
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I didn't think eclean could handle individual packages? They are just |
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files, so rm is fine. |
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> There's nothing overly special about it, though, so if you feel the need |
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> you can just `rm` files (though eclean is better). |
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Beware of eclean if you use a shared $DISTDIR (or a shared $PKGDIR) if |
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you have computers with the same architecture and settings). eclean run n |
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one computer may remove files wanted by others on the network. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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There is always one more imbecile than you counted on. |
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