Re: [gentoo-user] ebuilds gone to the happy hunting-grounds
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. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Wearer of the shiny hat) Mail: ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] ebuilds gone to the happy hunting-grounds
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. :-( Uwe -- Why do consumers keep buying products they will live to curse? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ebuilds gone to the happy hunting-grounds
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
Re: [gentoo-user] ebuilds gone to the happy hunting-grounds
On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 21:30 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote: Hi folks, 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. Uwe -- Why do consumers keep buying products they will live to curse? Hi, Run#emerge =package-category/package-version -aC(ask for confirmation) IIRC ebuild and other info about installed packages is available at: /var/db/pkg/ directory. HTH.Rumen smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
