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From: Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 23:16:15 +0200
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] problem with emerge depclean after world update
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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