On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:04:48 -0600 Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Philip Webb wrote: > > Besides having rescue instances of system pkgs > > in /usr/portage/packages , I also try to remember to keep a > > quickpkg of LibreOffice there too. Creating these files is easy, > > but is there an approved way of managing them, esp of deleting > > obsolete versions, beyond a simple 'rm' ? I notice there's a log > > file 'Packages' in the dir, which suggests there sb some method of > > removing unwanted ones. > > man eclean. The exact thing you want is eclean-pkg but this can also > manage your distfiles too. or emerge gentoolkit && man eclean