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On Friday 04 January 2008, Dale wrote: |
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> 4.5.20_p satisfies all those listed DEPENDs, so it's OK to let |
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> depclean do what it wants. |
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> alan |
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> I wouldn't say to do this for important stuff like Python or Perl |
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> but I usually let depclean do its thing, as long as it is not a |
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> critical package, then run revdep-rebuild and let it make sure |
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> everything is sane. |
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Smart words :-) |
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Python, perl, php, gcc and several more SLOTted packages do get very |
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upset when the right versions aren't around anymore. In the case of db, |
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I've learned from experience that Sleepycat like to change the on-disk |
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format of the database, so apps that use it tend to specify exact |
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versions they want, hence the SLOTting. I find that apps that use db |
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tend to be accurate with their DEPEND versioning, so --depclean is |
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safe. |
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But having now said that, the odds that someone will turn round and |
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prove me wrong in the next 10 minutes are very very good indeed, hehehe |
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> I also make it a habit not to log out or reboot between depclean and |
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> revdep-rebuild too. Of course, asking is not a bad idea either. |
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You just brightened my day with that comment - it was a very miserable |
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one with rain all morning and nothign to do all afternoon :-) |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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