[Lilux-help] Gentoo / source-based

[Georges Toth]

> So, why don't I run it now?  Well, I found it a complete pain to download
> and recompile all of KDE again, just to do a security patch.  If they
> offered the ability, just to download a source code patch, that might have
> been enough to keep me.

Well, there is.


> But remove kde, it only
> removes the exact programs that you specify. 

Yes and No.
If you merge package XY, which depends on kdebase, it's normal that kdebase 
gets merged as well.
If you unmerge XY, how should portage know that you want to remove kdebase as 
well??

There is a option to remove all packages wich aren't depended on by any other 
package.
Or you could get a list of packages, filter everything with kde, and remove 
those.

Or just use one of the portage-gui's...


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regards,
Georges Toth