[gentoo-user] prune dangers

2007-07-17 Thread Thufir
It seems that prune would break all sorts of software, yes? In particular, GNOME and X windows? localhost ~ # localhost ~ # localhost ~ # emerge --prune --newuse --deep --ask These are the packages that would be unmerged: app-text/docbook-sgml-dtd selected: 3.1-r3 4.4 4.1-r3 4.0-r3 pr

Re: [gentoo-user] prune dangers

2007-07-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:00:48 +, Thufir wrote: > It seems that prune would break all sorts of software, yes? Yes, which is why the emerge man page states --prune (-P) WARNING: This action can remove important packages! Prune looks at each installed pack

Re: [gentoo-user] prune dangers

2007-08-05 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 18 July 2007 01:33:10 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:00:48 +, Thufir wrote: > > It seems that prune would break all sorts of software, yes? > > Yes, which is why the emerge man page states [SNIP] > > In particular, GNOME and X windows? > > No. In particular the toolc