From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QRnkI-000136-HZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:54:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A27D1C121; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 15:52:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from karnak.local (cpc2-lutn10-2-0-cust603.9-3.cable.virginmedia.com [81.97.90.92]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBC781C121 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 15:52:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by karnak.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 127033003 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 16:52:40 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at karnak.local Received: from karnak.local ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (karnak.local [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id bbLTxyaSidjF for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 16:52:38 +0100 (BST) Received: from karnak.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by karnak.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 430923002 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 16:52:38 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 16:52:31 +0100 From: David W Noon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files Message-ID: <20110601165231.53e856e5@karnak.local> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Luton Operatic Society X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.22.1; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/5J8Bny1zoStLtLMoqEz+Wif"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: c99ab55cafdd2e5bde1733fe17aef5e4 --Sig_/5J8Bny1zoStLtLMoqEz+Wif Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:20:03 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files: >Sounds like you want a --really-all suboption to -C Basically, yes. I want it on -C and -c runs of emerge. This means it would not be applicable to upgrade or rebuild runs, when they do their removal of files from the previous version. In fact, rebuilds seldom remove files from the previous version, as it is the same as the new version; only USE flag changes can mess with the package manifest. >You could submit a feature request at b.g.o. but I feel the odds of >getting it implemented (or even a working patch accepted at all) are >rather low. > >Your suggestion runs counter to the general philosophy that runs >through Gentoo. In what way? Since it would be an option, it would not diminish the control the user has over the machine. --=20 Regards, Dave [RLU #314465] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* dwnoon@ntlworld.com (David W Noon) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* --Sig_/5J8Bny1zoStLtLMoqEz+Wif Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk3mYEUACgkQc9/LpQ70v4820QCfTCG+BIdMoaAOBhhK3P2xcVb9 QAMAn3b3pRILiv44VRwdgLhaSVPQP5W3 =9Czj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/5J8Bny1zoStLtLMoqEz+Wif--