On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Dale wrote:
> That will tell you packages that are installed and !may! not be
> needed by other packages.  Note all the warnings here?  I have not
> had anything serious removed by using this in ages but strange things
> can happen. You need to be careful with this.  Remove the wrong thing
> and it can be a uphill battle to get it fixed.

Like the fellow in the next desk this morning updating a machine that
hasn't been touched since 2005 (!)

He noticed a blocker with python-updater after 'emerge world' and was
about to unmerge python and remerge the new one to get around the
blocker ...

Lucky I saw it in time...

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