* Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning /var/lib/portage/packages -- a big mistake?
@ 2007-05-27 21:42 99% ` Kevin O'Gorman
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From: Kevin O'Gorman @ 2007-05-27 21:42 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 5/27/07, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello Kevin O'Gorman,
>
> > I also cleaned out /usr/portage/packages (10 GB) but now emerge --sync
> > is complaining about a large number of them, and apparently cannot
> > update its cache. I just moved them to another partition, they're not
> > really gone, but I'd like to not be carrying around so many of them.
> >
> > I've been running with FEATURES="buildpkg" on in /etc/make.conf, so
> > I've accumulated a lot of
> > these things. How do I now clean up my act? If there's a way, I'd
> > like to keep building them, but be able to manage them without ruining
> > portage.
>
> You shouldn't be able to damage portage with this, because it doesn't
> need any binary packages, they are purely for your convenience.
>
> > Most of the messages said the package "should be deleted". This
> > mystifies my as in effect
> > that's what I already did. What does it want me to do?
> >
> > The emerge --sync died eventually. Maybe one or more of the packages
> > is more vital than most. So there may be packages I should not
> > manage. Here's the tail end of the output:
> >
> >
> > !!! Invalid binary package: '/usr/portage/packages/All/less-394.tbz2'
> > !!! This binary package is not recoverable and should be deleted.
> > !!! Invalid binary package:
> > '/usr/portage/packages/All/pycrypto-2.0.1-r5.tbz2'
> > !!! This binary package is not recoverable and should be deleted.
>
> I suspect you deleted the packages in /usr/portage/packages/All/ but not
> the symlinks in /usr/portage/packages/cate-gory. emerge symlinks and do
> symlinks -r -d /usr/portage/packages to get rid of them.
>
> In future, it may be safer to use eclean to remove your binary packages.
Thanks. I wasn't aware of 'eclean'. I'll be sure to use it next time.
++ kevin
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