Why doesn't portage rm src dir?

audiodef · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:32 pm Post subject: Why doesn't portage rm src dir?

I was just wondering why portage doesn't remove the src dirs when unmerging a specific version of a kernel source. After a while, you have a bunch of src dirs in /usr/src. I almost never need more than one and I end up doing rm -rvfd <src ver> to get rid of old, un-needed versions.
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Sadako · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:46 pm Post subject:

AFAIK, it removes all the files actually installed by portage, but leaves all the files generated when you compiled your kernel.

If you check the sizes, kernel sources still installed should come to 300 to 400 mb, whereas those you've unmerged shouldn't be much more 50 mb.

I don't know if there's any more specific reason than this, but generally portage will never remove a file it didn't install itself, which is a reasonable policy.
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audiodef · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:43 pm Post subject:

Aha. Or perhaps "d'oh!".

Thanks for the explanation.

Hu · Moderator Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 21602

If you build the kernel sources out of tree, then the /usr/src area will remain pristine and should be fully removed by Portage when you unmerge the corresponding version.

timeBandit · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:09 am Post subject:

Moved from Portage & Programming to Duplicate Threads.
See old kernel removed from portage but not from /usr/src.
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