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On Mon, 4 May 2009 10:45:00 +0100, Matt Causey wrote: |
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> Sooo, my question. What is the expected behaviour here? Are the |
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> ebuilds intended to maintain knowledge of the files they put on a |
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> system, so they can remove the binaries when --unmerge'd? Are kernel |
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> modules handled differently because of the possibility of damaging a |
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> working system? |
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The latter. The user programs will be gone but the kernel modules stay. |
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With more "normal" packages, the only files that are not removed are |
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those in CONFIG_PROTECTed directories and those that have been modified |
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since installation. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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