Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:00:54 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkgdb -F and obsolete packages Message-ID: <20090127230054.162fa906@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <55F4ACB2-9A22-45D0-A74B-8440AA9CE730@gmail.com> References: <20090127141126.35d9004f@gumby.homeunix.com> <55F4ACB2-9A22-45D0-A74B-8440AA9CE730@gmail.com>
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:56:06 -0800 Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 27, 2009, at 6:11 AM, RW wrote: > > > > > After updating my ports tree, pkgdb prompted me to remove a couple > > of obsolete packages and then failed to delete them (see below). > > > > I deleted them manually, but I would have thought pkgdb should > > either removed the dependencies first, or force the delete and then > > handle the stale dependencies afterwards. > pkg_delete -f xphelloworld-1.0.1_1 (or make deinstall in the > ports directory) will do the trick. As I said, I've already deleted them. I just not sure whether it's a bug that's worth a PR, or just ultra-conservative design. At best it's a rough edge. > Just make sure to upgrade after > that ;). This is most likely a usage bug with pkg_install / pkgdb; I > think there might be a -f option that you can use, but honestly > that's like playing with fire. It doesn't have anything to do with pkg_install, pkgdb is part of the portupgrade port.
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