Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:18:42 -0700 From: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> To: Matt LaPlante <laplante@cat.rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cleaning Out Ports? Message-ID: <810a540e05013118187dd46f03@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200502010216.j112Gwll028376@smtp4.server.rpi.edu> References: <810a540e05013117544b00fac2@mail.gmail.com> <200502010216.j112Gwll028376@smtp4.server.rpi.edu>
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pkgdb -F will tell you of any packages that have broken dependencies, and allow you to fix them if you choose. On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:16:56 -0500, Matt LaPlante <laplante@cat.rpi.edu> wrote: > 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 :) > >
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