On 2/13/06, Uwe Thiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13 February 2006 11:11, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:30:13 +0200 Uwe Thiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | while trying to fix some other problems involving revdep-rebuild, I > > | stumbled over some ebuilds no longer in portage but still installed > > | on my system. > > | > > | How can I get rid of that stuff? I mean "emerge --unmerge > > | dead-package" won't do it because the ebuild doesn't exist any more. > > > > It will unless you installed said package a very long time ago. Portage > > keeps a copy of the ebuild in the vdb when you install something. > > Apparently, I did install it a very long time ago because emerge told me it > didn't know it. :-(
Well, then grab the ebuild from cvs: http://viewcvs.gentoo.org/ > Uwe Max -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
