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"Mateusz A. Mierzwin'ski" <mateuszmierzwinski@o2.pl> posted
4805B02D.2000405@o2.pl, excerpted below, on  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:52:13
+0200:

> Yes... and then all trashes like old libs are inside system.=20

Long since solved problem.  emerge --depclean

> Other thing
> is when some files gets from one package to other. If You install old
> version of package "A" and then some of files get to package "A1" as an
> update and some part of package "A" get's into "B" package. When we
> update package "A" to "A1" we can be in trouble when installing
> automaticly B and uninstalling "A". Think about that.

Again, a long since solved problem in the context of the current=20
discussion, as when package A is uninstalled, the PM verifies files=20
against the package database entry for that package, and doesn't remove=20
changed files.  Otherwise the normal upgrade procedure of installing the=20
new then uninstalling the old wouldn't work.

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