>>>> What do you guys think of this? Do you know of a good cruft removal >>>> script? >>>> >>> Yep, there's quite good one in gentoo itself. >>> >>> Basically, you'll need to write a short config for it, consisting of >>> lines like "cruft name", "cruft src uri" and a few more lines if you'll >>> need to pass some extra parameters to configure/make/install. >>> It'll build the package in a sandbox, then transfer it to destination, >>> memorizing every change it did and preventing collisions and config >>> overwrites. >>> >>> Just put that config script into an ebuild file and use portage to >>> build it - as simple as it gets ;) >>> >> >> I suppose you and Jesus are right, but what about cruft removal? Are >> you saying Gentoo is 100% cruft-free? I've got a lot of junk in /etc >> and especially ~/.* >> >> - Grant >> >> >> > [snip] > You have to clean out /etc and home directories yourself.
Exactly. Nothing to help me along? I'll check out qfile, but I'm surprised there isn't a good script for this. I'm the only one interested in a filesystem audit? - Grant > Portage does do a good job of removing all the other files tho. If it > puts it there, it will remove it if you unmerge a package. > > Dale
