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From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: svn commit: r40022 -
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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To remove the outdated binary packages from the system,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 -->