On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Dale wrote: > >> That will tell you packages that are installed and !may! not be > >> needed by other packages. Note all the warnings here? I have not > >> had anything serious removed by using this in ages but strange > >> things can happen. You need to be careful with this. Remove the > >> wrong thing and it can be a uphill battle to get it fixed. > > > > Like the fellow in the next desk this morning updating a machine > > that hasn't been touched since 2005 (!) > > > > He noticed a blocker with python-updater after 'emerge world' and > > was about to unmerge python and remerge the new one to get around > > the blocker ... > > > > Lucky I saw it in time... > > New friend for life I suspect. That would be a doozy for sure. I > haven't done that yet.
I have :-) I've also removed (forcibly) all versions of gcc, portage, and glibc individually and all together. quickpkg is a nice thing to know about :-) Once I even merged busybox to the root filesystem. It overwrites all the Unix tools with symlinks to busybox. Cool, you get a tiny install that can go on an embedded device. BUT, busybox give you tar, it does not give you tar -o Guess which gentoo-specific app requires tar -o? Do I hear the word "portage"? Anyone?? -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
