Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:02:01 -0500 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: Chris Knight <stryqx@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recursively Deinstalling and Upgrading Packages/Ports without Breaking Dependencies? Message-ID: <506815E7-ED7A-4381-9ABA-D8FF84406A4D@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAHgj5TRYHbCKzVGvG4UzDO0LMZBRqUAsyk%2BiPcAwwUdtA36n-w@mail.gmail.com> References: <54C6CDB5.2040501@gmail.com> <54C73B84.1080704@infracaninophile.co.uk> <CAHgj5TRYHbCKzVGvG4UzDO0LMZBRqUAsyk%2BiPcAwwUdtA36n-w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jan 27, 2015, at 3:13 AM, Chris Knight <stryqx@gmail.com> wrote: > Howdy, > > On 27 January 2015 at 18:17, Matthew Seaman > <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: >> On 2015/01/26 23:28, Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: >>> With portupgrade, I used to use "pkg_deinstall -R" to deinstall a >>> package and its dependencies while preserving the packages on which >>> other packages were depending on. With pkgng, the behaviour of >>> "pkg_deinstall -R" changed and this command is now breaking >>> dependencies. Is there a new method to safely remove packages recursively? >> >> # pkg delete pkgname >> # pkg autoremove >> > That only works if the dependencies were added as automatic > dependencies. Won't work if the dependency wasn't automatically added > as part of the package's prerequisites for installation. The ports-mgmt/pkg_cutleaves port will let you trim your installed packages, working inwards from outer leaf packages. It's also possible to designate a list of packages to pkg_cutleaves that you always want to retain, so as to speed up trimming by not presenting these (and anything they depend upon) as candidates for removal. Cheers, Paul.
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