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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Would emerge --sync remove old profiles?
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:54:45
Message-Id: 20080427105442.710b9105@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Would emerge --sync remove old profiles? by Neil Walker
1 On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:40:30 +0100, Neil Walker wrote:
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3 > The portage tree is not required to even be present. Nothing will stop
4 > working without it (other than portage itself - and "emerge --sync"
5 > will fix that). The OP made it sound like running "emerge --sync" had
6 > trashed his system by removing key system files. That is not the
7 > case. ;)
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9 I suggest you read the subject header and the original post. It is quite
10 clear what Mark was talking about, and these files are removed by emerge
11 --sync.
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15 Neil Bothwick
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17 Sex is better than logic. You can't prove it, but it is.

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