From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: equery depends =dev-lang/python-2.6.6-r2
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 11:13:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110903111320.2f2e7f75@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK2H+ecqTj4AB3jtndDre8GrLELbm=xXuGJkdse5nkMShYktVw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:17:57 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> >> I believe you can trust it, but why use --depclean instead of just
> >> -C?
> >
> > If you unmerge with -C you have to be sure that nothing needs it as a
> > dependency. Using --depclean helps because it checks that and only
> > unmerges if nothing needs it as a dependency anymore.
> >
> > Greetings
> >
> > Sebastian
>
> Fair enough. Thanks. Presumably the use of --depclean doesn't work
> until you're clear with emerge -DuN @world?
>
> I've used this stuff so long I've not learned many of the newer tricks
> I think. Good stuff.
I believe the -C output recommends using --depclean instead now.
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Neil Bothwick
This chicken has no beak, said Tom impeccably.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-03 10:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-02 15:34 [gentoo-user] equery depends =dev-lang/python-2.6.6-r2 James
2011-09-02 15:59 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2011-09-02 16:09 ` Mark Knecht
2011-09-02 16:25 ` James
2011-09-02 19:06 ` Sebastian Beßler
2011-09-02 19:17 ` Mark Knecht
2011-09-02 19:32 ` Brennan Shacklett
2011-09-03 10:13 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2011-09-03 19:26 ` Mark Knecht
2011-09-03 10:55 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-09-03 13:20 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-09-03 15:27 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-09-03 18:52 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-09-03 20:49 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-09-03 21:13 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-02 16:14 ` [gentoo-user] " Mark Knecht
2011-09-03 13:15 ` Peter Humphrey
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