2008/9/30 Paul Stear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi Daniel,
> I thought I would try your script but I get an error when I run it:-
> Uncaught exception from user code:
>Unrecognized character \xC2 at ./WorldCleanCheck line 29.
> at ./WorldCleanCheck line 29
> I do not know what \xC2 is
> Any id
On Monday 29 September 2008, Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
> Don't rely on this script to much. Because it works for me must not
> mean it does for you. I have tested some cases and I worked every time
> until now. So verify the output of a manual "emerge -pv --depclean
> " on the "unneeded" entry first
James schrieb am 25.09.2008 20:32:
> Surely many folks would benefit from a formal, systematic approach
> to cleaning the world file? I know every now and then, when a gentoo
> workstation gives me fits, I just emerge and unemerge things until
> it's happy (while multitasking too much). Often this
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:59:36 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > That shouldn't happen.
> That would indeed be a truly wonderful thing...
Note that I used shouldn't and not doesn't :(
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On Thursday 25 September 2008 23:43:07 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > Some packages have optional run-time deps, say a multimedia
> > program that can convert files if you have ffmpeg installed, so in
> > those cases those optional packages will also be in world.
>
> That shouldn't happen. Portage is sup
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:55:10 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote:
> Yes, basically my philosophy is only to list in world the actual
> programs I want to use.
Same here, which is why I recommended editing the world file. Anything
you don't use directly can go. It's also a good way of cleaning
out those pro
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 25 September 2008 17:51:58 Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
>> > Do you have any further advice, more detail or some more formalized
>> > methodology to 'clean' the world file, in addition to what you have
>> > stated ab
On Thursday 25 September 2008 17:51:58 Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
> > Do you have any further advice, more detail or some more formalized
> > methodology to 'clean' the world file, in addition to what you have
> > stated above?
>
> Every entry in the world file that has a reverse dependency could be
>
Daniel Pielmeier googlemail.com> writes:
> > to 'clean' the world file, in addition to what you have stated above?
> [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172611
> Daniel
Hello Daniel,
What you have told me looks interesting. However, for now, I'm going
to clean up the critical system
2008/9/25 James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Do you have any further advice, more detail or some more formalized
> methodology
> to 'clean' the world file, in addition to what you have stated above?
>
Every entry in the world file that has a reverse dependency could be
removed. Unfortunately there is
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:08:23 + (UTC), James wrote:
> Do you have any further advice, more detail or some more formalized
> methodology to 'clean' the world file,
Hack out anything you think is unnecessary
Run emerge --depclean -p
Add anything you need with emerge -n
Rinse and repeat
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Daniel Pielmeier googlemail.com> writes:
> Also make sure you have a clean world file, which means if there is an
> entry which is already needed by something else it should normally be
> removed as this could cause problems.
Ahhh,
Excellent point that I have been pondering lately. I manage qu
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