[gentoo-user] ebuilds gone to the happy hunting-grounds

[gentoo-user] ebuilds gone to the happy hunting-grounds

[Uwe Thiem]

Hi folks,

while trying to fix some other problems involving revdep-rebuild, I stumbled 
over some ebuilds no longer in portage but still installed on my system.

How can I get rid of that stuff? I mean "emerge --unmerge dead-package" won't 
do it because the ebuild doesn't exist any more. 

Uwe

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Re: [gentoo-user] ebuilds gone to the happy hunting-grounds

[Rumen Yotov]

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On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 21:30 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> while trying to fix some other problems involving revdep-rebuild, I stumbled 
> over some ebuilds no longer in portage but still installed on my system.
> 
> How can I get rid of that stuff? I mean "emerge --unmerge dead-package" won't 
> do it because the ebuild doesn't exist any more. 
> 
> Uwe
> 
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> Why do consumers keep buying products they will live to curse?
Hi,
Run"#emerge =package-category/package-version -aC"(ask for confirmation)
IIRC ebuild and other info about installed packages is available at:
/var/db/pkg/ directory.
HTH.Rumen

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Re: [gentoo-user] ebuilds gone to the happy hunting-grounds

[Ciaran McCreesh]

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On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:30:13 +0200 Uwe Thiem <uwix@iway.na> wrote:
| while trying to fix some other problems involving revdep-rebuild, I
| stumbled over some ebuilds no longer in portage but still installed
| on my system.
| 
| How can I get rid of that stuff? I mean "emerge --unmerge
| dead-package" won't do it because the ebuild doesn't exist any more. 

It will unless you installed said package a very long time ago. Portage
keeps a copy of the ebuild in the vdb when you install something.

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Re: [gentoo-user] ebuilds gone to the happy hunting-grounds

[Uwe Thiem]

On 13 February 2006 11:11, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:30:13 +0200 Uwe Thiem <uwix@iway.na> wrote:
> | while trying to fix some other problems involving revdep-rebuild, I
> | stumbled over some ebuilds no longer in portage but still installed
> | on my system.
> |
> | How can I get rid of that stuff? I mean "emerge --unmerge
> | dead-package" won't do it because the ebuild doesn't exist any more.
>
> It will unless you installed said package a very long time ago. Portage
> keeps a copy of the ebuild in the vdb when you install something.

Apparently, I did install it a very long time ago because emerge told me it 
didn't know it. :-(

Uwe

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Re: [gentoo-user] ebuilds gone to the happy hunting-grounds

[Max Lorenz]

On 2/13/06, Uwe Thiem <uwix@iway.na> wrote:
> On 13 February 2006 11:11, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> > On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:30:13 +0200 Uwe Thiem <uwix@iway.na> wrote:
> > | while trying to fix some other problems involving revdep-rebuild, I
> > | stumbled over some ebuilds no longer in portage but still installed
> > | on my system.
> > |
> > | How can I get rid of that stuff? I mean "emerge --unmerge
> > | dead-package" won't do it because the ebuild doesn't exist any more.
> >
> > It will unless you installed said package a very long time ago. Portage
> > keeps a copy of the ebuild in the vdb when you install something.
>
> Apparently, I did install it a very long time ago because emerge told me it
> didn't know it. :-(

Well, then grab the ebuild from cvs:
http://viewcvs.gentoo.org/

> Uwe
Max

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