ric_man wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been using Gentoo and loving it for about 3 weeks now, and I've
> downloaded heaps, but I'm thinking it's time to set up the system for
> real, with only the bare minimum of things on it. I'm currently using it
> as a desktop machine, but I'd like to cut it down.
>
> Has anyone got any suggestions of how I can "reset" my system so it's
> like it is at the last line of Chapter 11 in the handbook (
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handboo...part=1&chap=11 )?
>
> I just want to avoid re-installing from Stage 1 again.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanking you...
>
> ...Ric
/var/log/emerge.log has all the packages that were emerged, in order.
You can emerge unmerge them in reverse order. Not a whole lot of fun, but
there is probably some real clever way to automate it.
--
jim