On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:20:02 +0200, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re:
[gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files:

>On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 15:57:58 +0100, David W Noon wrote:
[snip]
>> Remember: we are discussing the COMPLETE DELETION of a
>> package, not an upgrade or rebuild.
>
>We are discussing unmerge behaviour, unmerging is part of the upgrade
>and rebuild processes.

Now I see why we are talking/writing at cross purposes.

What I am proposing I would apply only to -C or -c options on an emerge
command, not the internal actions during an upgrade/rebuild.  I have
stated that several times in this thread, so I thought I had made
myself clear.
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Regards,

Dave  [RLU #314465]
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dwnoon@ntlworld.com (David W Noon)
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