From: Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] problem with emerge depclean after world update
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 23:16:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJjrzcUkOSAdxC+d40ngdB5gkArQdC-nmVAT5Vqnv36Tz6vpWQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e075ec6-8222-51f2-01ee-3f52f2066d5d@youngman.org.uk>
On Fri, 30 Sept 2022 at 22:27, Wol <antlists@youngman.org.uk> wrote:
> Does that mean an update typically cleans a replaced package
> automagically? I thought that usually they got left behind and that was
> why you needed depclean - to remove all the old versions?
>
> Certainly that's what I remember of depclean of old - the list of stuff
> being cleaned was mostly old versions of what was installed.
I don't remember that, although my memory might be less than stellar.
Unless a package is slotted, an update replaces the old version, and
hence nothing to depclean.
Cheers,
Arve
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-30 21:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-30 18:46 [gentoo-user] problem with emerge depclean after world update John Covici
2022-09-30 19:05 ` Arve Barsnes
2022-09-30 19:35 ` John Covici
2022-09-30 19:36 ` Wol
2022-09-30 19:45 ` John Covici
2022-09-30 19:46 ` Matt Connell
2022-09-30 20:27 ` Wol
2022-09-30 21:16 ` Arve Barsnes [this message]
2022-10-01 7:11 ` Neil Bothwick
2022-10-03 14:17 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2022-10-01 9:55 ` Nuno Silva
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