From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1IAaLp-0004KQ-Fg for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:51:37 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6GNoLIB027525; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:50:21 GMT Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6GNjrqt022707 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:45:53 GMT Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51E12A1A7 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:45:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:45:53 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: 5XZO20oFvJD8b5/3GofP9PpIg5pVnpiudkOTJOdmLXct 1184629553 Received: from [192.168.31.10] (cpe-76-185-203-114.tx.res.rr.com [76.185.203.114]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id E74511B3A for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:45:52 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Machine Cleanup From: Albert Hopkins To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0707161629x16ce0a1x95ec539cbad075cf@mail.gmail.com> References: <1e6142750707161618s3ddef89fj7daf895c947ee698@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0707161629x16ce0a1x95ec539cbad075cf@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Gentoo Foundation Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:45:51 -0500 Message-Id: <1184629551.15828.38.camel@blackwidow.nbk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7f6563dc-616b-4820-8a71-e5e4a8024170 X-Archives-Hash: 5fbfc9a650238141533f595b76c30489 I've done similar to Mark, but slightly different. # # back up your system # emerge -DuvaN world # make sure u're up-to-date # vi /etc/make.conf ; vi /etc/portage/package.use # edit your USE flags # emerge -DuvaN # update to new USE flags # cp -a /var/lib/portage/world ~/ # backup world file # vi /var/lib/portage/world # remove whatever u don't want # emerge -va --depclean # make sure you don't remove anything critical # emerge -DuvaN world # ideally, u should get nothing # revdep-rebuild -i # fix broken linkages Last two may need to be repeating, as you may find you need to tune your USE flags. Depending on your requirements, it may save time just to re-install. -- Albert W. Hopkins -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list