Re: Spring clean

[Max Hyre <max@hyre.net>]

2007/9/29, andy <geek_show@dsl.pipex.com>:

> Can someone recommend a newbie-friendly easy, and safe 
way of cleaning
> house so that I can retain those packages that I need 
(and want) but can
> clear out the dust bunnies, etc..?

   A cleanup I like is `localepurge', which is 
newbie-friendly and easy:

	Description: Automagically remove unnecessary locale data

After an installation it's pleasant to see the comment 
telling me how much space it saved.  I suspect the total for 
me is somewhere in the high hundreds of megs, since I ditch 
everything but English.

   _But_!  As for `safe', attend to the further paragraphs 
in the description, which include such gems as

	Please note, that this tool is a hack [...]
	and therefore is not for the faint of heart.
	[....] Responsibility for its usage and possible
	breakage of your system therefore lies in the
	sysadmin's (your) hands.

and

	If you don't know what you are doing [...]
	please simply don't use this package.

   Nonetheless, I installed it and it's worked nicely for 
over a year, with no breakage.  (I've been following 
unstable all the while.)


	Best wishes

		Max Hyre