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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: equery depends =dev-lang/python-2.6.6-r2
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:59 AM, James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> James <wireless <at> tampabay.rr.com> writes:
>
>
>> It is time to remove
>> dev-lang/python-2.6.6-r2
>
> emerge --depclean -pv =3Ddev-lang/python-2.6.6-r2
>
>>>> Calculating removal order...
>
>>>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:
>
> =C2=A0dev-lang/python
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0selected: 2.6.6-r2
> =C2=A0 protected: none
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 omitted: 2.7.1-r1 3.1.3-r1
>
> All selected packages: dev-lang/python-2.6.6-r2
> Packages installed: =C2=A0 1289
> Packages in world: =C2=A0 =C2=A0101
> Packages in system: =C2=A0 45
> Required packages: =C2=A0 =C2=A01287
> Number to remove: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 1
>
>
> CAN I TRUST this syntax to test for packages to remove?
>
>
> James
>

I believe you can trust it, but why use --depclean instead of just -C?

Prior to doing anything please ensure that you have eselect python
setup correctly for a python-2.7 package that's on the machine.

HTH,
Mark