Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:03:13 +0300 From: Vitaly Magerya <vmagerya@gmail.com> To: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> Cc: Marin Atanasov Nikolov <dnaeon@gmail.com>, current@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Plugins support in pkgng Message-ID: <CAL409Ky9BNPFKg8h2xpswVrFdUjxWynq0DhAS2TzrQyiDx9swg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120831153659.GD1523@glenbarber.us> References: <CAJ-UWtTYL3y0pqfpSWHzYMNjuk2UB2DFyU_Fg8-_%2Bp8eMU_=Fw@mail.gmail.com> <CAL409KyNhF%2BP-CB2yCk=0OcVEVYxLHJ473vpK0A5xgz7SFCnkA@mail.gmail.com> <20120831153659.GD1523@glenbarber.us>
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Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> wrote: >> How about the ability to add new commands to "pkg"? >> For example something like "pkg cutleaves" via plugins would be cool. > > I think 'pkg autoremove' already does this. Does autoremove show you all the leaves and ask which ones you want removed? I honestly don't know (and can't test at the moment); I assumed it only removed the ones with "auto" flag on. In any case, what I actually want is a pkg_cleanup alternative (i.e. cutleaves with a dialog(1)-like interface). There are other utilities that could benefit from being a plugin too. For example "suggest" plugin could use hooks on the build server to construct a database of "binary name->package" mapping, and add "pkg suggest" command on the client to query that database (e.g. "pkg suggest ogg123" would suggest you to install "audio/vorbis-tools", which is an idea that has been floating around).
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