Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:41:31 -0400 From: Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@earthlink.net> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: auto-removal of earlier package?? Message-ID: <20070324214131.e953233b.bsd-unix@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20070325003758.GA812@thought.org> References: <20070325003758.GA812@thought.org>
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:37:58 -0800 Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> wrote: > > Guys, > > Can anybody suggest ascript means to rm -i a whole slew of > packages I am collection in /usr/ports/packages/All/? > > On some of my i686's I have collected as many as three versions > of some *tbz files. Other than doing this by-hand on four > boxens, I'd have automate. pkgdb -F will ask if the user wants > to delete (the earlier) of two packages with an [n]. I'd rather > not reinvent the wheel. > > (I *thought* I was nearly finished updating this machine; > suddenty I've got 50 new ones!! ) You might try "portsclean -P". I've not used it but it looks like it might be what you're looking for. You can also test it by adding the "-n" (no execute) to see if it will do what you want, ie "portsclean -nP" for a dry run. Randy --
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