On 2005-12-17 19:58:36 -0600 (Sat, Dec), Samir Faci wrote: > is there an advantage to doing that as opposed to rm -fr > /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-r10 (or whatever the dir is called)? Just > curious, I always just used the rm -fr
As others said, you SHOULD unmerge the unused package. Just as a note I'd say that it seems that doing 'rm -rf' on kernel source files speeds up (a little) the unmerging process - portage tests whether modification dates differ, but with removed files it quickly realizes that there is no such file. Additionally emerge unmerge leaves the remnants of compilation process, so you still have to do rm -r on the sources. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by "grep -i virus $MESSAGE"
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