Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 12:43:52 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: Robert Fitzpatrick <robert@webtent.org> Cc: goksin.akdeniz@gmail.com, Robert Fitzpatrick via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading 10.4 to 11.1 Message-ID: <20180501124352.9fd8fc6df7ee54537e25d25f@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <5AE84F94.2050604@webtent.org> References: <5AE783D2.40004@webtent.org> <20180501001407.7752facafb7593fd6aa252c1@gmail.com> <5AE78836.30106@webtent.org> <20180501072305.faafbe6cf2a13d3e24156568@sohara.org> <5AE84F94.2050604@webtent.org>
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On Tue, 01 May 2018 07:29:24 -0400 Robert Fitzpatrick <robert@webtent.org> wrote: > Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Apr 2018 17:18:46 -0400 > > Robert Fitzpatrick via freebsd-questions<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > wrote: > > > >> Is there a way to delete and put back all the packages currently > >> installed? > > > > Here's one way using the handy pkg leaf alias to get packages > > with no dependencies. > > > > pkg leaf> my_packages > > pkg delete -a > > pkg install `cat my_packages` > > > > If my_packages is large you may need to use xargs instead of > > backticks. > > > > The pkg leaf doesn't seem to list all installed packages. It does not > list apache24 or aspell or autoconf and more. At first I thought it was > not listing packages not found in ports, but I see > mysql51-server-5.1.73_2 on the list. It only shows packages with no dependents thus leaving out packages that satisfy a dependency. Try pkg info -r on the ones you're not seeing and see if that doesn't lead you to something in the list. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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