On Thursday, 6 June 2019 05:56:53 BST Dale wrote: > Grant Taylor wrote: > > On 6/5/19 9:18 PM, Dale wrote: > >> I would start by removing anything that has libs in it. Generally, > >> those should be pulled in as deps. After that, I'd go through the > >> list and remove anything that you don't directly use. > > > > ACK > > > > Can I just edit /var/lib/portage/world? Or do I need to do something > > else?
Yes, manually edit this file, but FIRST MAKE A BACK UP. :-) > It's a plain text file and I've edited it in the past with no problems. > I've done that cleanup before and it can take some time to accomplish > depending on how bad it is. I went through this when I first started > using Gentoo and didn't know any better. I'd do small chunks and keep a > versioned back up file just in case. > > I've also used the script once. It does fairly well. It may miss a > couple here and there and may have a few false positives as well. Still > it can do some heavy lifting for you. I'd copy the world file to a safe > place and try the script. I'd try it once with the old world file in > place and once without a world file at all. Then see which one works > best. If that fails, do it manually. > > Good luck. I hope one or the other works. > > Dale > > :-) :-) I think, but may be wrong, regenworld will pick up anything and everything in emerge.log and add it to your world file. Definitely create a back up of / var/lib/portage/world if you do not have one already, because you can diff it later on to see how much weight it has put on. -- Regards, Mick
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