On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Neil Bothwick <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:17:57 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> >> I believe you can trust it, but why use --depclean instead of just >> >> -C? >> > >> > If you unmerge with -C you have to be sure that nothing needs it as a >> > dependency. Using --depclean helps because it checks that and only >> > unmerges if nothing needs it as a dependency anymore. >> > >> > Greetings >> > >> > Sebastian >> >> Fair enough. Thanks. Presumably the use of --depclean doesn't work >> until you're clear with emerge -DuN @world? >> >> I've used this stuff so long I've not learned many of the newer tricks >> I think. Good stuff. > > I believe the -C output recommends using --depclean instead now. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick
Hi Neil, Yeah, I think that's been true for awhile. However I'm fairly selective about actually using --depclean when I can use -C, but that's just me personally. In the case of the OP if I wanted to remove exactly 1 package then personally I'd just use -C followed by emerge -pvDuN @world or maybe revdep-rebuild -ip. But again, that's me. --depclean is probably best for removing lots of things, and as I think is clear from this thread, I didn't even know that --depclean followed by a package name was even supported. Cheers, Mark
