On 2005-02-26 13:02:45 -0500 (Sat, Feb), A. Khattri wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Holly Bostick wrote:
> 
>> They probably haven't been removed during autoclean, it doesn't remove
>> slotted packages
> 
> How to tell if they are SLOTted?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] case $  etcat versions gtk+
[ Results for search key           : gtk+ ]
[ Candidate applications found : 9 ]

 Only printing found installed programs.

*  x11-libs/gtk+ :
        [   ] 1.2.10-r10 (1)
        [  I] 1.2.10-r11 (1)
        [   ] 2.4.9-r1 (2)
        [M  ] 2.4.9-r2 (2)
        [   ] 2.4.13-r1 (2)
        [  I] 2.4.14 (2)
        [M~ ] 2.6.1-r1 (2)
        [M~ ] 2.6.1-r2 (2)
        [M~ ] 2.6.2 (2)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] case $  etcat versions wesnoth
[ Results for search key           : wesnoth ]
[ Candidate applications found : 2 ]

 Only printing found installed programs.

*  games-strategy/wesnoth :
        [  I] 0.8.10 (0)
        [   ] 0.8.11 (0)

The number in parentheses is the SLOT. If it's (0) then the package is
not slotted. Gtk+ (for example) has two slots: (1) and (2) - as you can
see I have boh installed.

>> Which is the very issue that causes me to wonder if the packages in
>> question are in fact 'unnecessary' duplicates, or in fact necessary
>> slotted instances of the program or programs in question (like the
>> autoconf/automake issue, or even slotted versions of KDE).
> 
> Yes, I was thinking that too.
> 

Have you tried 'emerge -pv --depclean' ?

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