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From: Bob Slawson <bslawson@frontiernet.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] java-vm multiple versions
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:54:13 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45D5C595.1000407@frontiernet.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200702161028.51728.naak@oto.lv>

Martins wrote:
> do i need all these installed? is this safe to remove older emul versions?
> # eselect java-vm list
> Available Java Virtual Machines:
>   [1]   blackdown-jdk-1.4.2  system-vm
>   [2]   emul-linux-x86-java-1.4.2
>   [3]   emul-linux-x86-java-1.5
>   [4]   emul-linux-x86-java-1.6
>   [5]   sun-jdk-1.6
>   
One can experiment: unmerge one that looks plausibly unneeded and then 
'emerge --deep world' to see if it is pulled back in.  
'eix-test-obsolete' is a useful tool for this sort of question as well.

BobS

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Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-16  8:28 [gentoo-amd64] java-vm multiple versions Martins
2007-02-16 14:54 ` Bob Slawson [this message]

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