From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28709 invoked by uid 1002); 19 Nov 2002 00:16:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 28699 invoked from network); 19 Nov 2002 00:16:46 -0000 From: Mark Rickard To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 18 Nov 2002 19:16:02 -0500 Message-Id: <1037664962.5540.12.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: [gentoo-dev] FYI: Scripts to remove old binary packages and source files X-Archives-Salt: 68e00e8d-a3f3-4e6e-b71a-5986455d8b30 X-Archives-Hash: 45fd63667df13235ff7b4719bc299a48 I just posted two scripts yesterday to the forums (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=2302) that will remove old binary packages and source files from the portage tree. I'm sure you have seen several dozen of these floating around, but as far as I know, these two are the only ones that correctly keep all files belong to installed packages. The scripts aren't pretty, but they work very well. Mark -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list