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jbarry
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 Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2002 2:21 pm Post subject: Missing update instructions |
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I'm missing instructions for what to do with previous portage ebuilds. Code listing 3 of the Portage User Guide shows how to update Portage in /usr/portage/sys-apps/portage after doing an but I haven't been able to find any reference to cleaning out the old portage directory.
In my case the aforementioned directory now holds portage-2.0.37.ebuild and portage-2.0.38.ebuild. Doing | Code: | | emerge --clean rsync |
doesn't do anything to eliminate the old ebuild. It doesn't seem that this directory needs to be present anymore, or does it? I didn't see any instructions in the Portage Manual about this and nothing in this forum either as far as I could detect, so I apologize if it's been answered before -- it does seem like an obvious question after all.
Thanks for an answer. |
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rac
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| Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2002 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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Just give it some time: the portage tree often contains a few extra versions of ebuilds in case some people have trouble with newer ones. They're small, and their presence won't cause you any harm.
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jbarry
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| Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2002 7:47 pm Post subject: OK |
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| OK so they will take care of things in thier own time and way. That's good to know. Thanks. |
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