On Friday 28 Mar 2003 18:17, Matt Tucker wrote: > -- Peter Ruskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thusly: > > Use this to emerge alsa-driver: > > > > --------------------------------------- > ># !/bin/bash > > echo "Removing any installation records for alsa-driver from > > /var/db/pkg/" > > if [[ $(epm -qaG|grep alsa-driver) != "" ]]; then > > rm -Rf /var/db/pkg/$(epm -qaG|grep alsa-driver) > > Or: > find /var/db/pkg -type d -maxdepth 2 -name 'alsa-driver*' \ > | xargs rm -rf
Yes, I like that better. > > > > fi > > AUTOCLEAN="no" emerge alsa-driver > > --------------------------------------- > > While I'm sure that'll work, it seems like kind of a hack. It'll remove > any record of the installation, so those files will never get cleaned. > It does work. At the end of the emerge the record is created, so if alsa-driver gets updated, `emerge world -u` will pick it up. A better solution would be for gentoo to automagically add AUTOCLEAN="no" to the ebuilds concerned (those tied to kernel version, like alsa-driver, nvidia-kernel and lm_sensors). Peter -- Gentoo-1.4.3.4 Unstable. KDE: 3.1.1 Qt: 3.1.2 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1900+ 768MB. Kernel: 2.4.20-xfs-r2. GCC 3.2.2 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
