On Tue, 31 May 2011 07:34:22 -0500, James Wall wrote: > > It doesn't remove *any* files that have been modified, the reasons > > systems used to get cluttered with orphaned .la files. The logic is > > quite simple, if it is not the file portage installed with the > > package, it should not be uninstalled with the package. There are > > times when some sort of --force-remove option to remove both these > > and files in CONFIG_PROTECTed directories would be useful. > > > If you want to ensure that portage removes a configuration file then add > CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc" to the unmerge line and portage will remove > the configuration files as well.
That will only remove unmodified files, and to do that fully you need CONFIG_PROTECT="-*". Portage doesn't remove any files that have been modified since installation, whether they are in CONFIG_PROTECTEed paths or not. -- Neil Bothwick Did you know that eskimos have 17 different words for linguist ?
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