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 1QRn3R-00048g-Fd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:09:53 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B96B01C141; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 15:07:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ey0-f181.google.com (mail-ey0-f181.google.com [209.85.215.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6656F1C141 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 15:07:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyh5 with SMTP id 5so2299986eyh.40 for ; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:07:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references :in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :message-id; bh=KQV6+yGL+cWJ9PCm48+pxE06yGwKt30tslliAL0buw8=; b=MMEJCXSDP0o4LHZxBinJ5vMGbV5nDE7OnQ6lS6OBSorYdC8cP0G2odFN3geo9h+xZw SuTP9G2LxEuXFoXySbkItrwQwnNzZgqNKuQRhtCiR5TEXjD6pdwnbi2CqAISipUL11P4 9PYCUuGMfMSGwWAhrJ51oynfyC4zw9LH1j3U0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=QoJ1xmWLCeFCalp3NEQbUEXcv33CXsAEmdz9hi5Gf5nZ7JjkSutSgFFKGK9ayag0cH HsfpK4pvDBiIBx7D8YD0G2GcH4HqqyMzmAvXBNdqc9RGls5jR9lRm5C/w2kPL4eD2+KM LbcRrvpxm524BzNmMynElSX60Qz0bf/jHyjTQ= Received: by 10.213.32.4 with SMTP id a4mr3015241ebd.40.1306940831464; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:07:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (dustpuppy.is.co.za [196.14.169.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x3sm771705eef.3.2011.06.01.08.07.09 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:07:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 17:06:29 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.39-ck; KDE/4.6.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <20110601155758.3f197397@karnak.local> In-Reply-To: <20110601155758.3f197397@karnak.local> 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: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201106011706.30114.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 9128833b3f525b30bc8cff4c3c217ea2 Apparently, though unproven, at 16:57 on Wednesday 01 June 2011, David W Noon did opine thusly: > We agree on the usefulness of a purge-like option but not on the > > >desirability or otherwise of the current default behaviour > > I called it an "annoyance". Having to clean up obsolete configuration > files is just that, unless you can offer a better term. Sounds like you want a --really-all suboption to -C 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. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com