[gentoo-user] Removing unnecessary package versions in lower slots

[gentoo-user] Removing unnecessary package versions in lower slots

[Mariusz Zalewski]

Hello.

There are some packages on my systems, which probably are unnecessary. I
would like to clean them, but my problem is connected with slotted packages.

For example, I've checked glsa-check output:

# glsa-check -p affected
Checking GLSA 200607-02
The following updates will be performed for this GLSA:
     media-libs/freetype-2.1.10-r2 (2.1.10-r2)

And I've found that there is security problem with media-libs/freetype.
I've had installed the newest, stable version of this package
(2.1.10-r2) in the past.

# eix media-libs/freetype
* media-libs/freetype
     Available versions:  1.3.1-r4 ~1.3.1-r5 2.1.9-r1 ~2.1.10 ~2.1.10-r1
2.1.10-r2 [M]2.2.1
     Installed:           1.3.1-r4 2.1.10-r2
     Homepage:            http://www.freetype.org/
     Description:         A high-quality and portable font engine


Freetype is slotted into to versions and 1.3.1-r4 is affected. How can I
check, if there are any packages that depends on
=media-libs/freetype-1.3.1-r4? I would like to remove this version from
system if it's not necessary. 'equery depends' tool does not work with
version of package in syntax. I know, that there is 'emerge --depclean'
but there isn't freetype in output.

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Mariusz
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Re: [gentoo-user] Removing unnecessary package versions in lower slots

[Richard Fish]

On 9/2/06, Mariusz Zalewski <mz-gentoo@mala.aluzja.net> wrote:
> system if it's not necessary. 'equery depends' tool does not work with
> version of package in syntax. I know, that there is 'emerge --depclean'
> but there isn't freetype in output.

Does media-libs/freetype appear in /var/lib/portage/world?  If so,
remove it (manually edit the file), as that would prevent depclean
from considering it.  Then re-run emerge --pretend --depclean.

-Richard
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Re: [gentoo-user] Removing unnecessary package versions in lower slots

[Mariusz Zalewski]

Richard Fish wrote:

> Does media-libs/freetype appear in /var/lib/portage/world?  If so,
> remove it (manually edit the file), as that would prevent depclean
> from considering it.  Then re-run emerge --pretend --depclean.

This is good advice, thank you. I'm just curious, if there is 
tool, which can check depends for particular version of slotted 
package?

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