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From: "Chuanwen Wu" <wcw8410@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dangerous to emerge --depclean
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2006/6/3, Sven K=C3=B6hler <skoehler@upb.de>:
> > I just can't understand why "emerge -- depclean" such a dangerous
> > command can exist or i do it in a wrong way(although i think i am
> > right).
>
> Have you seen the big fat warning that says "emerge --depclean may
> damage your system" ?
>
> "--depclean" is a nice service for advanced users. It's nothing for
> beginners. You should know, why it does - and how it does what it does.
>
> Well, --depclean start with all the packages in your world-file
> (/var/lib/portage/world) and then it visits all the dependencies and th=
e
> dependencies of the dependencies of the packages.
>
> All the packages, that are installed but that are not in the world file
> or not a dependency, these packages are removed.
Thanks for your advices!I have learned a lot!
>
>
>


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