On Saturday 01 Feb 2014 12:33:33 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 01/02/2014 12:55, Mick wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I have a couple of binary packages in a box under /usr/portage/packages > > that I no longer need. How can I selectively remove one or some of them > > only? > > > > qpkg -c www-client/chromium > > > > or > > > > eclean packages > > > > nukes the lot. > > man eclean > > the -d and -n switches let you be a little more selective just like > cleaning distfiles. They deal with packages based on whether they are > still in tree or you have them installed. To deal with specific > versions, use rm like Nei said
Thank you both. Don't think I can use the eclean -d -n for singular packages. As I understand it all non-installed packages will be removed, which not what I want. If I use rm to manually get rid of a single package, all its metadata will still be left in /usr/portage/packages/Packages. Does this matter? Which function uses the information this file and how might it be affected if the binary package has been removed manually? -- Regards, Mick
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