Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:21:58 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports system quality Message-ID: <4E6148F6.3020600@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109020709070.3579@wonkity.com> References: <201109020924.p829OGAG000943@lurza.secnetix.de> <4E60A222.9040304@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109020709070.3579@wonkity.com>
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On 09/02/2011 06:25, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 2 Sep 2011, Doug Barton wrote: > >> On 09/02/2011 02:24, Oliver Fromme wrote: >>> Finally, I recommend to install ports-mgmt/pkg_cutleaves and >>> run it regularly after updates >> >> portmaster -s does the same thing. > > Well, sorta. How it chooses what to offer to remove is different. > portmaster -s offers to remove just gle here, then nothing on subsequent > uses. > > pkg_cutleaves offers to remove every root and leaf port that's not > depended on by another port. Fair enough. My feeling on that is that it's dangerous, since even though something technically may not be a dependency of something it may still be needed. Users can do 'portmaster -l' and look at the list of roots and leaves to see what could possibly be deleted, and then 'portmaster -e unwanted-port' will remove it, and then run portmaster -s when it's done. Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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