Alan McKinnon wrote:
> 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...
>
>  


New friend for life I suspect. That would be a doozy for sure. I
haven't done that yet.

Dale

:-) :-)
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