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Cc: Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: pkg_deinstall: "delete all packages installed, except for X, Y
 and Z"
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>> ignore errors about package can't be deleted because X, Y or Z requires it. 
>> it's exactly what you want.
>> 
>> 
> pkg_delete `cat /tmp/pkglist`  gives error 'no such package `cat 
> /tmp/pkglist` installed
>
>
for sure you used ' instead of `