Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:13:00 -0600, Dale wrote: > > >>> That may have been the case some time ago, but depclean is much safer >>> now. Notice that the warning at the start of its output has >>> disappeared now? >>> > > > >> That is true but let's say a person updates python but forgets or >> doesn't know, to run python-updater, will --depclean know that? >> > > If packages depnd on the older version of python, depclean won't remove > them. If it's just a matter of depending on the correct modules, > python-updater will fix that after the older python has been removed. >
It seems portage has changed a lot in how it tracks things. > >> What if emerge doesn't work and they don't have buildpkg of some sort in >> make.conf? >> > > Why would emerge stop itself working? > >From my unerstanding, if it can't find python, no worky. See above tho. > >> I agree that --depclean is a LOT better but there are still situations >> where it can mess up a system. It is best to be careful and really >> look at that list before letting it remove a package. Basically, don't >> type it in and walk off to let it do whatever it wants. >> > > While I always run it with --pretend first, that's because I'm more > curious than paranoid. What are these situations in which it can really > mess up a system and are they situations that any sensible user would put > themselves in? > > >> I also seem to remember that big warning when --depclean runs. I think >> that may still be there for a reason. ;-) >> > > See above, that warning has been gone for some time. The preamble now > contains this indication that depclean is a lot more cautious. > > * As a safety measure, depclean will not remove any packages > * unless *all* required dependencies have been resolved. As a > * consequence, it is often necessary to run `emerge --update > * --newuse --deep @system @world` prior to depclean. > > > I haven't used it in a while so I was not aware that it was changed. Looks like there as been some new code added here as well. I still think it reasonable to say that a person should be careful. Nothing is perfect. I know I watch it when I am doing some house cleaning. Dale :-) :-)
