From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 27 15:23:05 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3F5529C for ; Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:23:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp.rcn.com (smtp.rcn.com [69.168.97.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C00FE1DE8 for ; Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:23:04 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=Ls0QOwhc c=1 sm=0 a=nVny9ETX7T5uMhI2oTVyRA==:17 a=AyALB9QYHmsA:10 a=AaUjGI9IrlcA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=OA2lqS22AAAA:8 a=sIt-5M63AAAA:8 a=tE4x7Ltv8wMA:10 a=-D6herI_Z-wA:10 a=FeDl2cRFWVncI6JqrJ0A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=nVny9ETX7T5uMhI2oTVyRA==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp01.rcn.cmh.synacor.com smtp.mail=roberthuff@rcn.com; spf=neutral; sender-id=neutral Authentication-Results: smtp01.rcn.cmh.synacor.com header.from=roberthuff@rcn.com; sender-id=neutral Received-SPF: neutral (smtp01.rcn.cmh.synacor.com: 209.6.193.164 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of rcn.com) Received: from [209.6.193.164] ([209.6.193.164:29371] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp.rcn.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.49 r(42060/42061)) with ESMTP id 77/FF-27962-75DEB715; Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:23:03 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <20859.60758.717521.721560@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:23:02 -0400 To: Matthew Seaman Subject: Re: Why is "pkg_glob" no longer working for me? In-Reply-To: <517BEB81.5010404@FreeBSD.org> References: <20130426205459.GA60584@bogodyn.org> <20130427133151.GA84789@whisperer.chthonixia.net> <20859.54772.851637.835802@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <517BEB81.5010404@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 22) "Instant Classic" XEmacs Lucid Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:23:05 -0000 Matthew Seaman writes: > > I use portupgrade for two features: portsclean (for which there > > is probably a pkgng replacement, I just haven't bothered to check) > > and pkg_sort (for which there is no alternative) which is necessary > > for certain scripts. > > Well, given that pkgng is a binary package management system, it > achieves the required aim of keeping the ports tree nice and clean by > the simple expedient of not downloading distfiles or using the ports to > compile them. No mess created means none to be cleared up. Except it's not exclusively for binary packages. :-) Portsclean's 'L' option also cleans out un-needed libraries. Which shouldn't be necessary ... but too often is. Robert Huff