On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 01:06:54 -0400,
Arve Barsnes wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 at 05:04, John Covici <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi. After a long time, I got my system into a state where I could
> > finally try to do emerge depclean. What a mess! It would have
> > deleted source for my running kernel, version of postgresql I am using
> > and many other things I am currently using. Some of them, at least
> > are in my world file. Some things are not and should be and I can fix
> > those, but there are a lot of libraries as well and I want to make
> > sure my system is not completely hosed before I run this again -- next
> > time after an update.
> >
> > So, how can I protect myself against depclean going wild?
>
> If you use an older slot of the kernel or postgres, you need to put
> them in world to stop them from being depcleaned. I don't know how
> postgres upgrades work in gentoo, but deleting the kernel sources are
> usually no big deal unless you plan to re-compile that particular
> version. Just make sure you have your config in /boot or something.
>
> I would assume that after adding any other programs you use to world,
> any libraries it wants to remove are actually not in use.
Thanks, I do need the current sources, lots of packages want to check
them and the linux directory entry points to the sources, packages are
always looking in there when I emerge them.
--
Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
How do
you spend it?
John Covici wb2una
cov...@ccs.covici.com
