Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:34:00 -0700 From: "Nathan Wheeler" <mutati0n@softhome.net> To: "Matt LaPlante" <laplante@cat.rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cleaning Out Ports? Message-ID: <016401c50806$7d4b4cc0$cb25240a@lappy> References: <200502010216.j112Gwll028376@smtp4.server.rpi.edu>
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I think portsclean does that. I can't remember how though. Its in the portupgrade package. Nathan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt LaPlante" <laplante@cat.rpi.edu> To: "'Pat Maddox'" <pergesu@gmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 7:16 PM Subject: RE: Cleaning Out Ports? > Well what I'm more concerned with is how would you locate orphaned > dependencies after the fact. For a parallel example, in gentoo you would > "emerge --depclean" which searches the tree for any orphaned packages and > removes them. So say I hadn't used the -r flag when removing packages on > BSD, how could I find the leftovers later? > > -- > Matt LaPlante > System Administrator > Center for Automation Technologies > RPI/CAT, CII 8015 > 110 8th Street > Troy, NY 12180 > Phone: (518) 276-2275 > laplante@cat.rpi.edu > www.cat.rpi.edu > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pat Maddox [mailto:pergesu@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 8:55 PM >> To: Matt LaPlante >> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: Cleaning Out Ports? >> >> If you try to remove a package that has child dependencies, then it'll >> let you know. You'll have to use the -f flag to force it to delete >> the package, despite there being any dependencies. If you want to >> delete a package along with all its dependencies, you can use the -r >> flag. >> >> Use pkgdb -F to fix any dependencies that might be broken. >> >> I think that's about right. I'm a FreeBSD newbie :) > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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