From: Jeff Grossman <jeff@stikman.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Slots
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:10:31 -0800 [thread overview]
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Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org> wrote:
>On 11/26/05, Jeff Grossman <jeff@stikman.com> wrote:
>> I have just realized about programs that can be installed in slots.
>> Is there a way for me to find out what programs are installed in more
>> than one slot on my computer? Can I tell if a particular program in a
>> slot is still needed?
>
>"emerge --prune --pretend world" will tell you all packages that have
>more than one version installed (ie. slotted).
>
>As for finding out whether a particular version of a slotted package
>is still needed or not, well, you could do:
>
>emerge --prune <pkg>
>emerge -Dv world
>revdep-rebuild
>
>But the above is a bit dangerous, and could break your system. Be careful.
Thanks for the information. That is one are where I think Gentoo can
definitely improve. Making it so you can tell if removing a package
will kill anything. I would imagine this is probably not an easy task
though.
Jeff
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From: Jeff Grossman <jeff@stikman.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Slots
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:10:31 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <incho1d19t89tjufeeajmgt0hsrscrdtks@4ax.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20051126191031.GM76ELUD0AMLDacDTbKlHuCTyeC0Rh7p0gzCGMHNyxQ@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7573e9640511261032q545fa993kcf85e0ef8098ba69@mail.gmail.com
Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org> wrote:
>On 11/26/05, Jeff Grossman <jeff@stikman.com> wrote:
>> I have just realized about programs that can be installed in slots.
>> Is there a way for me to find out what programs are installed in more
>> than one slot on my computer? Can I tell if a particular program in a
>> slot is still needed?
>
>"emerge --prune --pretend world" will tell you all packages that have
>more than one version installed (ie. slotted).
>
>As for finding out whether a particular version of a slotted package
>is still needed or not, well, you could do:
>
>emerge --prune <pkg>
>emerge -Dv world
>revdep-rebuild
>
>But the above is a bit dangerous, and could break your system. Be careful.
Thanks for the information. That is one are where I think Gentoo can
definitely improve. Making it so you can tell if removing a package
will kill anything. I would imagine this is probably not an easy task
though.
Jeff
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-26 19:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-26 17:38 [gentoo-user] Slots Jeff Grossman
2005-11-26 18:32 ` Richard Fish
2005-11-26 19:10 ` Jeff Grossman [this message]
2005-11-26 19:10 ` [gentoo-user] Slots Jeff Grossman
2005-11-26 19:52 ` Renat Golubchyk
2005-11-26 20:09 ` Kevin Hanson
2005-11-26 20:25 ` Martins
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