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Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 31/07/2014 10:12, Dale wrote: |
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>> Mick wrote: |
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>>> On Thursday 31 Jul 2014 06:14:56 J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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>>>> I always check the list from depclean to see if there is any package and/or |
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>>>> version that I am actually using. If yes, I add it to the world file. |
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>>>> (Emerge --noreplace) |
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>>> I don't add packages to my world file, let alone specific versions, unless I |
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>>> want them to be there. I let portage manage versions and dependencies. |
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>> If you don't add anything to your world file, how do you keep anything |
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>> installed and updated? Unless you just use sets, which is basically the |
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>> same thing as putting a package in world, then it should be in the world |
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>> file. |
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>> There are times when versions are required tho. I know I do that for my |
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>> kernel. I always keep my current kernel and my backup kernel version at |
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>> least. Every once in a while, I go through and clean them manually. |
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>> For some people, there may be other packages that need to be done that |
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>> way. One of those "your mileage may vary" type things. ;-) |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> I think Mick means more that he doesn't like adding libs and modules and |
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> plugins to world, and doesn't mean the actual apps. |
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> So he would add a music player to world, and let portage plus USE figure |
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> out which of the 500 odd bits of gstreamer to pull in and install |
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Ahhh. OK. I was curious because when something is installed, it has to |
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be recorded somewhere for it to get updated etc. Running emerge |
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--depclean would be interesting too. |
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Thanks for kicking me into gear. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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