what is wrong with emerge --depclean ? On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 20:22, Jason Evans wrote: > I ran gentoo on a system for a few days earlier this year, right up to > where my system became a casualty of an emerge limitation, documented at > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/portage-manual.xml : > > Warning: Unmerging packages can be dangerous. If you remove any > core packages your system may cease to function and the removal of > various libraries may cause software to fail. Portage does not warn > you if you are removing core packages or dependencies for other > packages. > > This seems like a critical limitation to me. It means that unless I have a > deep understanding of the dependencies among packages, the number of > packages on my system can only grow. > > In general, Gentoo seems to be quite well architected, and this limitation > sticks out like a sore thumb to me. What is the rationale? Is it on the > "to be fixed" list, or is it intentional? If it's intentional, how do > people maintain systems over the long term without re-installing every so > often? > > I'm searching for a Linux distro to switch to (I'm one of those Red Hat > customers being left in the lurch), and Gentoo seems really nice, *except* > for this one problem, so some enlightenment would really be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Jason Evans > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Regards, Redeeman () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ - against microsoft attachments
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