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[Paul <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>]

No it doesn't do what cast -r does, if modifies the files entry by
entry. cast --fix has been moved into it, and at a future date, the
--fix option will be removed from cast. Other tools will be modified to
use it after it's been put in and tested some more. I'm pretty sure it's
safe, but I'd rather not take chance, since it has the potential for
destroying the list of packages installed and the dependencies. There
will be a switch on it --all (or perhaps just have it the default
behaviour) which will run all the checks, including --fix. I will
probably run before a rebuild and probably after a sorcery
system-update.

On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 12:25, Eric Sandall wrote:
> Quoting Paul <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>:
> > Correct. Dependencies are never removed from the depends file unless you
> > cast -r. The cleanse script will look at dependencies on spells that
> > aren't installed and help you figure out what to do. It is going into
> > devel sorcery soon, I promiss. I just need to find the time to finish
> > documenting it, make a few changes, and commit it...
> 
> This cleanse script just removes unused/uninstalled dependency listing, 
> right
> (i.e. /not/ what -r does)? If so, should it be called right before a `cast
> --fix` and a `sorcery rebuild` so that those don't resurrect packages the 
> user
> specifically removed?
> 
> -sandalle
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