I think you can safely remove the orphaned folders, because anything that needs the kernel source to compile, does so with the sources contained within the folder that the /usr/src/linux symlink points to (make sure it points to the kernel you're currently using). Check out /lib/modules for orphaned folders as well. To rebuild any packages that were compiled against an older kernel source, either use module-rebuild to update them (emerge module-rebuild) , or run "emerge -va $(equery b /lib/modules | sed -e 's:^:>=:' )", without the quotes.
On 17:49 lør 29 okt , Jarry wrote: > > So, with your help I finally checked all software installed on my > gentoo-server (thanks to everyone, who replied). There were a few > gentoo-sources (I think 5 or 6 different versions), so I used > "emerge --prune gentoo-sources" to leave only the last one. > > Then I checked /usr/src, and I see there are still 2 subdirectories: > linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 (~50MB) > linux-2.6.13-gentoo-r5 (~300MB) > > I'm surprised there is still 2.6.12-r6, because I unmerged it. > Can I delete it? Will this not break some dependencies? > > Moreover, "emerge --pretend --prune" showed I have a few packages > with more than one version: > > db (4.2.52_p2 , 1.85-r2) > automake (1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.4_p6, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1) > freetype (2.1.9-r1, 1.3.1.-r4) > autoconf (2.13, 2.59-r6) > > Can I unmerge all but the last versions? Strange is, emerge does > not always want to leave the last version, for example it has > marked db 4.2.52 as "selected" for unmerge, and 1.85 as "protected" > (similar for freetype, 2.1.9 "selected", 1.3.1 "protected"). > So can I leave "emerge --prune" to do its job without breaking > some dependencies? At least for automake and autoconf? > > Jarry > --
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