From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 24 02:52:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A01F9106566C for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:52:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 715EE8FC16 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:52:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [192.168.2.107] (c-71-56-39-94.hsd1.ga.comcast.net [71.56.39.94]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m9O2Uw8s074199 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:30:59 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: Josh Rickmar In-Reply-To: <61973.67.177.142.45.1224815151.squirrel@ssl.eumx.net> References: <53980.67.177.142.45.1224810884.squirrel@ssl.eumx.net> <49012D63.8020201@math.missouri.edu> <61973.67.177.142.45.1224815151.squirrel@ssl.eumx.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-KWk9yq7/dTRBOsHQDWYv" Organization: FreeBSD Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:30:53 -0400 Message-Id: <1224815453.1624.0.camel@wombat.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, MIME_QP_LONG_LINE, RCVD_IN_PBL, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL, RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: Stephen Montgomery-Smith , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Concern about using pkg_delete -r X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:52:10 -0000 --=-KWk9yq7/dTRBOsHQDWYv Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 22:25 -0400, Josh Rickmar wrote: > On Thu, October 23, 2008 10:05 pm, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > > Josh Rickmar wrote: > > > >> 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? > > > > I think you have the dependency relationship the wrong way around. > > > > > > If you do "pkg_delete -r pkgA", and pkgA is a dependency of pkgB (not > > the other way around as you have it), then pkgB will be deleted. > > >=20 > Ah, my bad. Yeah, after re-reading the wording it seems that is the case= . >=20 > What about for pkg_deinstall (part of portupgrade)? According to its man > page, it has two options, --recursive (-r) and --upward-recursive (-R).=20 > Maybe it's just a little bit late, but what /exactly/ is the difference?=20 > It sounds like the --upward-recursive option would be better called > --downward-recursive, since it will remove the ports/packages "below" it. Semantically, it is an inverted tree... i.e. the root is at the top. robert. > So, if that is the case, would pkg_deinstall -R pkgA remove pkgB or not? >=20 --=-KWk9yq7/dTRBOsHQDWYv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkkBM10ACgkQM4TrQ4qfROPR+gCeMlzYeLP0YX8QlB8WWlusN+BO suQAn0WfEdsqmkIchbZ6Fj4GePd70F1l =Esq5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-KWk9yq7/dTRBOsHQDWYv--