Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 11/26/05, Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have just realized about programs that can be installed in slots. >> Is there a way for me to find out what programs are installed in more >> than one slot on my computer? Can I tell if a particular program in a >> slot is still needed? > >"emerge --prune --pretend world" will tell you all packages that have >more than one version installed (ie. slotted). > >As for finding out whether a particular version of a slotted package >is still needed or not, well, you could do: > >emerge --prune <pkg> >emerge -Dv world >revdep-rebuild > >But the above is a bit dangerous, and could break your system. Be careful.
Thanks for the information. That is one are where I think Gentoo can definitely improve. Making it so you can tell if removing a package will kill anything. I would imagine this is probably not an easy task though. Jeff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
