Bug 259836

Summary:	sys-apps/portage: add option to force unmerging sets, even if the sets do not support this
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Harald van Dijk (RETIRED) <truedfx>
Component:	Unclassified	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Harald van Dijk (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-02-21 18:09:04 UTC

It makes perfect sense that you want to block an accidental emerge -C @installed @world, but I really did mean it. I want to clear out everything (note: ROOT was not /) that was managed by portage so that I could go through the rest and see if there was anything I would want to keep. Simply adding "unmerge" to the sets' supported operations makes things work just great, so I don't think there are any technical reasons against this. Is there any chance of adding an option to force unmerging a set?

Comment 1 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-02-22 10:39:34 UTC

I guess you could sidestep the relevant check for ROOT != /