< Project:Perl
Project:Perl/perl-cleaner
Intro
app-admin/perl-cleaner is a tool that cleans up old perl installations, attempting to emerge --oneshot packages left over from a perl upgrade, as well as any packages that linked against the old version of libperl.so.
Usage
See the table below for possible options to pass to perl-cleaner.
Note
perl-cleaner needs at least one parameter from the list below. The "ask" parameter is optional.
perl-cleaner needs at least one parameter from the list below. The "ask" parameter is optional.
CODE Usage of perl-cleaner
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> # perl-cleaner <OPTIONS> (ask) </syntaxhighlight>
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| modules | rebuild perl modules for old installs of perl |
| allmodules | rebuild perl modules for any install of perl |
| libperl | rebuild anything linked against libperl |
| ph-clean | clean out old ph files from a previous perl |
| phupdate | update existing ph files, useful after an upgrade to system parts like the kernel |
| phall | clean out old ph files and run phupdate |
| all | rebuild modules, libperl linkages, clean ph files, and rebuild them, excluding your current perl version |
| reallyall | rebuild modules for any install of perl, libperl linkages, clean ph files, and rebuild them. This option does not exclude your current perl version |
Note
Adding the parameter ask to the parameterlist of perl-cleaner will make perl-cleaner pass the --ask option to emerge commands so that you will be asked by portage before taking any actions.
Adding the parameter ask to the parameterlist of perl-cleaner will make perl-cleaner pass the --ask option to emerge commands so that you will be asked by portage before taking any actions.
Troubleshooting
What to do if perl-cleaner fails... tbd
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