Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:15:09 -0500, Dale wrote: > > >> So basically if I mess with a file and then unmerge the program it >> belongs to, I have to remember which ones I messed with and delete them >> myself? >> > > Yes, because the file is no longer the file portage installed, so it has > no right to remove it. > > >> If I unmerge this in a console and can't read all the "-- >> !mtime" as they roll by, I'm stuck with orphan files on my rig? This >> needs a fix but I wouldn't want to be the dev to figure this one >> out. ;-) >> > > This generally isn't a problem, because you normally only edit files > in /etc, which are config protected anyway. It arises here because > fix_libtool_files.sh modifies the .la files. One could argue that it is > the responsibility of that script to check the md5/mtime information and > update it. > > >
Cheese, I'm learning something. I already knew that it would not delete files in /etc/ and now I know why. LOL I never put the two together before you said that. Who knows, maybe in 20 years I'll be a dev. O_O I'll be too old then though. I'm working on a fresh install on another hard drive now. That will clear out some cruft. I copied my make.conf file and one other config file and that is it. Oh, the kernel's .config. I knew it was something outside of /etc. Thanks for clearing up my muddy water. Care to help with the rest now? LOL Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
