> ... and run 4. and 5. above in the wrong order? > > In the e-warning words of --depclean itself: > > "* Depclean may break link level dependencies. Thus, it is > * recommended to use a tool such as `revdep-rebuild` ... " >
Agreed, revdep last. I always run depclean with pretend first. If depclean wants to remove key packages like python, i will often just remove all the others it has identified manually rather than running it again without pretend. I also use buildsyspkg.
