Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 14:41:58 +0000 (UTC) From: Brad Davis <brd@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46683 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports Message-ID: <201505121441.t4CEfw0T004308@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: brd Date: Tue May 12 14:41:57 2015 New Revision: 46683 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46683 Log: Update the pkg clean section to reflect that now expired packages are not kept in the cache. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Tue May 12 14:24:05 2015 (r46682) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Tue May 12 14:41:57 2015 (r46683) @@ -893,13 +893,16 @@ Deinstalling ca_root_nss-3.15.1_1... don <para>By default, <application>pkg</application> stores binary packages in a cache directory defined by - <envar>PKG_CACHEDIR</envar> in pkg.conf(5). When upgrading - packages with <command>pkg upgrade</command>, old versions - of the upgraded packages are not automatically removed.</para> - - <para>To remove these outdated binary packages, run:</para> + <envar>PKG_CACHEDIR</envar> in &man.pkg.conf.5;. Only copies + of the latest installed packages are kept. Older versions of + <application>pkg</application> kept all previous packages. To + remove these outdated binary packages, run:</para> <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg clean</userinput></screen> + + <para>The entire cache may be cleared by running:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg clean -a</userinput></screen> </sect2> <sect2 xml:id="pkgng-set">
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