On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 18:46:45 +1100, wraeth wrote: > > Interestingly, how do you remove an binary package using portage when > > you no longer need it? Using 'rm -i <package>' manually? > > The `eclean` utility from app-portage/gentoolkit can do this for you (as > well as maintaining your distfiles directory).
I didn't think eclean could handle individual packages? They are just files, so rm is fine. > There's nothing overly special about it, though, so if you feel the need > you can just `rm` files (though eclean is better). Beware of eclean if you use a shared $DISTDIR (or a shared $PKGDIR) if you have computers with the same architecture and settings). eclean run n one computer may remove files wanted by others on the network. -- Neil Bothwick There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
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