Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:32:44 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Julien Laffaye <jlaffaye@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@FreeBSD.org>, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>, "current@freebsd.org" <current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Script to set/unset "automatic" status in PKGNG database Message-ID: <20120830213244.GO64447@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <503FDB2A.4000609@freebsd.org> References: <CFA2273E-4498-4A64-BC9F-CE5AA560409D@jnielsen.net> <503FDB2A.4000609@freebsd.org>
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--Vy1A5eXR7jld12ZH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:29:14PM +0200, Julien Laffaye wrote: > On 8/30/2012 11:19 PM, John Nielsen wrote: > > I today noticed the "pkg autoremove" command for the first time, which = does much the same thing as pkg_cutleaves but relies on the "automatic" fla= g in the pkgng database rather than user input to determine which "leaf" po= rts can be removed. Unfortunately, the pkg2ng utility has no way of knowing= which old-style packages it converts were installed automatically as depen= dencies, so they are all marked as non-automatic (i.e. user-requested). In = my case, this was not true for the majority of installed ports. Since I rea= lly like this functionality, I decided to update my local package database = to match my preferences. > > > > Having succeeded, I decided a tool to make doing so easy could well ben= efit others (as well as my future self). (Plus I wanted an excuse to play w= ith dialog(1) and "pkg query" a bit.) So here's the result. I'm not too att= ached to the name. It shouldn't eat your package database or steal your lun= ch money, but I'm not responsible if it does. Other than that, feedback is = welcome. > > > > > > JN > > > You want to use `pkg set -A` :) > We make zero promises concerning the SQL schema in pkgng so it can=20 > change at every time and break your script. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Oh right I missed the sql part :D --Vy1A5eXR7jld12ZH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlA/2/wACgkQ8kTtMUmk6ExtVQCgmq6NjM3lkQ/kWhwbPgG0pxNs JUAAn2uvATrkgSuL0S+8nomyslcqozEi =KlUz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Vy1A5eXR7jld12ZH--
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