Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:14:44 -0400 (EDT) From: "Josh Rickmar" <joshua_rickmar@eumx.net> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Concern about using pkg_delete -r Message-ID: <53980.67.177.142.45.1224810884.squirrel@ssl.eumx.net>
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I'm hoping that this list covers port tools as well as the usual discussions about the actual ports. If not, please CC this to the proper list. I want to use pkg_delete to remove an installed port, but also want to remove its orphaned dependencies along with it. After looking at the pkg_delete(1) man page, the -r flag seems to be the option to use for this job. My concern, though, is about the wording: > In addition to specified packages, delete all > packages that depend on those packages as well. Does this mean that if I pkg_delete -r pkgA, than pkgB (a dependency) will be removed with it, even though it is dependency of pkgC? Or is pkg_delete (or pkg_deinstall) smart enough to understand this dependency and keep pkgB installed? If in this scenario pkgB would be deleted, should an extra warning be added to the man page so that users know that using this flag could potentially break their other ports? -- To send me a personal email, please place [personal] in the Subject line.
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