Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:52:56 +0000 (UTC) From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r40022 - projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports Message-ID: <201211160052.qAG0quma087101@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: gjb Date: Fri Nov 16 00:52:56 2012 New Revision: 40022 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40022 Log: Document pkg-clean. Modified: projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Modified: projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Fri Nov 16 00:52:53 2012 (r40021) +++ projects/pkgng/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Fri Nov 16 00:52:56 2012 (r40022) @@ -958,6 +958,23 @@ Deinstalling ca_root_nss-3.13.5... done< <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg backup -r <replaceable>/path/to/pkgng.db</replaceable></userinput></screen> </sect3> + + <sect3 id="pkgng-clean"> + <title>Removing Stale <application>pkgng</application> + Packages</title> + + <para>By default, <application>pkgng</application> stores + binary packages in a cache directory as defined by + <envvar>PKG_CACHEDIR</envvar> in &man.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To remove the outdated binary packages from the system, + run:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg clean</userinput></screen> + </sect3> </sect2> </sect1><!-- PKGNG -->
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