On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Dale wrote:
> 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.

I have :-)

I've also removed (forcibly) all versions of gcc, portage, and glibc
individually and all together. quickpkg is a nice thing to know
about :-)

Once I even merged busybox to the root filesystem. It overwrites all the
Unix tools with symlinks to busybox. Cool, you get a tiny install that
can go on an embedded device.

BUT, busybox give you tar, it does not give you tar -o

Guess which gentoo-specific app requires tar -o? Do I hear the
word "portage"? Anyone??



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