On the following section: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml#doc_chap9 The documentation doesn't say we need to run "make mrproper" before pruning gentoo-sources. If not, I get the following: """ localhost src # du -sh linux-2.6.18-gentoo-r* 48M linux-2.6.18-gentoo-r2 381M linux-2.6.18-gentoo-r3 localhost src # pwd /usr/src localhost src # """ This was previously made by emerge automatically but removed because of some problems.
(In reply to comment #0) > On the following section: > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml#doc_chap9 > > The documentation doesn't say we need to run "make mrproper" > before pruning gentoo-sources. > If not, I get the following: > """ > localhost src # du -sh linux-2.6.18-gentoo-r* > 48M linux-2.6.18-gentoo-r2 > 381M linux-2.6.18-gentoo-r3 > localhost src # pwd > /usr/src > localhost src # > """ > > This was previously made by emerge automatically > but removed because of some problems. > ....Then obviously, putting it back in would cause those problems again, wouldn't it? Also, we have paragraphs right after that code listing that say to manually delete all the old directories, so I'd say pruning and removing the old kernels is pretty well covered. I've never needed to run make mrproper, ever, regardless of Portage's behavior. Manually deleting the directories and files works just fine regardless of how many kernels I prune at a time.
