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 4.54) id 1F8ZpF-0008S9-RT for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:16:54 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1D9FtqY005046; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:15:55 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1D9BwHk010618 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:11:58 GMT Received: from [213.121.151.206] (helo=snowdrop.home) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1F8ZkU-0007lb-5j for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:11:58 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop.home) by snowdrop.home with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1F8ZkS-00014K-1a for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:11:56 +0000 Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:11:53 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ebuilds gone to the happy hunting-grounds Message-ID: <20060213091153.34edbce4@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <200602122130.13751.uwix@iway.na> References: <200602122130.13751.uwix@iway.na> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.11; i686-pc-linux-gnu) 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 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_w1U_.iwRD1drMl3z70TOSCP; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 25916b77-d160-4dca-8483-8c84b86c84ae X-Archives-Hash: 2b15364d89eb8144a5bebda9dde804ae --Sig_w1U_.iwRD1drMl3z70TOSCP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:30:13 +0200 Uwe Thiem 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. |=20 | 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.=20 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. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Wearer of the shiny hat) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Sig_w1U_.iwRD1drMl3z70TOSCP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD8E1b96zL6DUtXhERAmkuAKDj0hhkakzQ5PULrWwxM0KJKMNOuwCgsxcj gBTdrN5vF0G406ZiK5xL4OY= =un+B -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_w1U_.iwRD1drMl3z70TOSCP-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list