> I run depclean about once a month after a large update, usually KDE, qt > or something like that. I sync and update about twice a week. I try to > time mine to hit those important updates to things like KDE or > something. I'm actually waiting on KDE 4.9.4 to hit the tree now. It > should be there pretty soon, if there is no major problems. > > I would set a rough update time schedule. If say you set yours to update > every week, then keep two maybe three weeks of old packages. If a > package can work for a few weeks, survive reboots and a couple updates, > then odds are it is safe to remove the binaries you built for it. The > sources, I usually only keep what I have installed. Most of the time > that is enough. If you have the hard drive space, you can keep them > like you do the binary package. If you pick a monthly update time > frame, then adjust your time frame for old packages. You may can keep > less of them depending on how you run your rig. > > When you use eclean and friends with no options, it seems to leave a > pretty good set of binaries behind. It leaves what is installed plus a > older version or two. It's been a while since i really looked into this > but it seems to have a fairly safe setting when you just run the plain > command with no options. When you use the -d option, it leaves only > what you have installed and gets rid of everything else. The -d option > is about the most aggressive option for eclean. > > This is just to give you ideas. This is one of those 'it depends' > questions. The technically correct way is to run depclean after each > full update. Thing is, I doubt it will hurt anything if you leave them > on there except for taking up drive space. > > Just don't forget to update the configs after each update. Sometimes > missing those can lead to a system that won't boot. It's not very > likely but they do happen from time to time. > > Another thing about my system that may help you, I keep a copy of /etc > and my world file backed up. When I reboot, which is not to often, I > make a new backup of /etc. Right now, my uptime is almost 75 days. I > keep that backup just in case something will only break when rebooting. > Some config files are only read when booting so until you reboot, you > don't know you have a problem. Having a copy of the world file is good > in case you lose the drive with the OS on it. You can at least know > what you need to emerge to get back to where you were. > > Hope that helps. > > Dale
Thanks Dale. - Grant
