Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 08:57:32 -0700 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org, freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deletion of just installed port-packages (excluding base): success Message-ID: <A33FDB4D-B3FF-41D0-BA0A-D8A1A91F65F9@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <2ca670e7-b6e9-4d28-b3b8-029758db7735@gmail.com> References: <FAFC65E2-BD71-4320-81BC-9D698A476BF2@yahoo.com> <7d8a6b67-700c-47ac-8484-d6a45961a9c4@freebsd.org> <2ca670e7-b6e9-4d28-b3b8-029758db7735@gmail.com>
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On Aug 7, 2025, at 02:01, Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> wrote: > On 07/08/2025 06:44, Jesús Daniel Colmenares Oviedo wrote: > >> Perhaps something like this (with a few additions): >> >> >> ``` >> pkg query %n | grep -vEe '^(FreeBSD-.+)' | xargs pkg remove -n && pkg autoremove -n && pkg clean -n >> >> ``` >> > > This is good. Thank you, Mark and Jesús, for progressing this. > > > xargs pkg delete -fqy.txt (attached) > ==================================== > > Quiet, forced deletion -- without question -- of pkg, pkg-provides, and around 830 other non-base packages. > > The subsequent bootstrap of pkg succeeded. > > My first use of the bootstrapped pkg failed only because re: <https://www.freshports.org/ports-mgmt/pkg-provides/#message>, I had omitted to reconfigure /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf for pkg to work without the plugin. > > > xargs dry run.txt (attached) > ==================================== > > All normal, as far as I can tell, with the dry run. > > 833 non-base packages. No base package will be deleted. Actually the file indicates that /var/cache/pkg/FreeBSD-*.pkg files would be deleted by the "pkg clean" (if -n had not been provided): QUOTE The following package files will be deleted: /var/cache/pkg/FreeBSD-libexecinfo-dev-lib32-15.snap20250715051601~2b1b4b0e75.pkg /var/cache/pkg/FreeBSD-telnet-man-15.snap20241026125659.pkg . . . /var/cache/pkg/FreeBSD-bsdinstall-dbg-15.snap20250720000631.pkg /var/cache/pkg/FreeBSD-libexecinfo-dbg-15.snap20250720000631.pkg The cleanup will free 1 GiB END QUOTE I do not know if this would be desired vs. not. > xargs pkg delete -y.txt (attached) > ==================================== > > Assuming yes, without also applying force, naturally stops when pkg will not delete itself. Well, that means a large number of packages were not deleted: [49/833] Deleting files for PackageKit-1.3.1: 100% [50/833] Deinstalling discount-2.2.7d... [50/833] Deleting files for discount-2.2.7d: 100% pkg: Cannot delete pkg itself without force flag This does not match the documented pkg delete -a behavior (no -f): The following options are supported by pkg delete: -a, --all Deletes all installed packages except for pkg(8) from the system and cleans the database of information related to removed packages. I'll also note that the "except for pkg(8)" text might mean that enough of FreeBSD-* should be left in place for pkg (and pkg-static) to be fully operational. Either that, or more about the result needs to be documented. > Making a command memorable > ==================================== > > An alias is tempting, however from <https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/pull/2300>; I learnt that a pipe can be problematic. I apologise for my lack of knowledge there; it was fixed <https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/commit/fe3031f54b580f54e58fb2c34b12276a947090f8>; after users of a release suffered the effects of my mistake. > > > ---- > > Belated thanks to Ed Maste and arrowd (<https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/2485#issuecomment-3133273925>; and <https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/2485#issuecomment-3134915559>; in particular). > <xargs pkg delete -fqy.txt><xargs dry run.txt><xargs pkg delete -y.txt> === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.comhome | help
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