[gentoo-dev] Removing an ebuild

[gentoo-dev] Removing an ebuild

[Arcady Genkin]

Greetings:

Is there a [documented?] procedure for removing packages from the
portage tree?  I am talking about removing an entire directory, not
just a versioned ebuild.  

For instance, if sys-apps/mkisofs were to be replaced by
app-cdr/cdrtools, what would I need to do, other than make sure that
no other package depends on mkisofs and delete the files from CVS?

Thanks,
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Arcady Genkin

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than history's most obscene marorders (E.E. Cummings)

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Removing an ebuild

[Martin Schlemmer]

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On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 20:35, Arcady Genkin wrote:
> Greetings:
> 
> Is there a [documented?] procedure for removing packages from the
> portage tree?  I am talking about removing an entire directory, not
> just a versioned ebuild.  
> 
> For instance, if sys-apps/mkisofs were to be replaced by
> app-cdr/cdrtools, what would I need to do, other than make sure that
> no other package depends on mkisofs and delete the files from CVS?
> 

Mask it in package.mask, and then remove it.


Cheers,

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Martin Schlemmer
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer
Cape Town, South Africa



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Re: [gentoo-dev] Removing an ebuild

[Luke-Jr]

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Just wondering, but shouldn't there be a way to make it so anything that tried 
to emerge mkisofs would instead emerge cdrtools? For example, if it was in a 
user's world file.

On Monday 19 May 2003 06:52 pm, Martin Schlemmer wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 20:35, Arcady Genkin wrote:
> > Greetings:
> >
> > Is there a [documented?] procedure for removing packages from the
> > portage tree?  I am talking about removing an entire directory, not
> > just a versioned ebuild.
> >
> > For instance, if sys-apps/mkisofs were to be replaced by
> > app-cdr/cdrtools, what would I need to do, other than make sure that
> > no other package depends on mkisofs and delete the files from CVS?
>
> Mask it in package.mask, and then remove it.
>
>
> Cheers,
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Removing an ebuild

[Dylan Carlson]

On Monday 19 May 2003 03:16 pm, Luke-Jr wrote:
> Just wondering, but shouldn't there be a way to make it so anything that
> tried to emerge mkisofs would instead emerge cdrtools? For example, if
> it was in a user's world file.
>

Yes.  There is a solution:  Put it in profiles/updates/2Q-2003.

Cheers,
Dylan Carlson

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Removing an ebuild

[Martin Schlemmer]

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On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 21:16, Luke-Jr wrote:
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> Just wondering, but shouldn't there be a way to make it so anything that tried 
> to emerge mkisofs would instead emerge cdrtools? For example, if it was in a 
> user's world file.
> 

Should be fine, as I tend to remember that we fazed mkisofs out months
ago.


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Martin Schlemmer
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer
Cape Town, South Africa



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