On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:16:14 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote:

> Just to be sure... the -a in the 'emerge --depclean -a' above will 'ask'
> me if I want to continue and remove the packages it finds, correct?
> Meaning, it won't just blindly go ahead and start ripping stuff out...

Yes.
 
> How does that differ from 'emerge -p --depclean'?

With -p you have to run the command again, and let is scan all installed
packages and their deps again, when you want it to actually remove them.
It's just a more efficient way of doing it.


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Neil Bothwick

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