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| From: | Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files | ||
| Date: | Mon, 30 May 2011 16:00:43 | ||
| Message-Id: | 20110530165834.6ffabb98@digimed.co.uk | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files by David W Noon |
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| 1 | On Mon, 30 May 2011 15:48:15 +0100, David W Noon wrote: |
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| 3 | > How does the tool of choice determine if a file is redundant or not? |
| 4 | > |
| 5 | > Just because a configuration file is not associated with a Portage |
| 6 | > package [any more] does not necessarily mean it is redundant. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | No, but it indicates the file warrants a closer look as it may be |
| 9 | orphaned. qfile is my tool of choice for this, it only list files and |
| 10 | deletes nothing. |
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| 12 | |
| 13 | -- |
| 14 | Neil Bothwick |
| 15 | |
| 16 | c:>Press Enter to Exit |
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