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Date:      Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:48:21 +0530
From:      "N. Raghavendra" <raghu@mri.ernet.in>
To:        bsd <bsd@todoo.biz>
Cc:        Liste FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Deinstalling X and all dependencies
Message-ID:  <86k5f7h65u.fsf@riemann.mri.ernet.in>
In-Reply-To: <0956648E-F93F-40EC-A565-17875757531F@todoo.biz> (bsd@todoo.biz's message of "Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:52:56 %2B0200")
References:  <0956648E-F93F-40EC-A565-17875757531F@todoo.biz>

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At 2008-07-27T12:52:56+02:00, bsd wrote:

> Is there a good way to get rid of all these useless apps without
> breaking the system=E2=80=A6 What would you suggest?

One way is to use the `ports-mgmt/pkg_cutleaves' port to iteratively
remove the superfluous leaves of your package tree.  It can also be
done with `ports-mgmt/portmanager' (with the -slid option) or
`ports-mgmt/portmaster' (with the -s option).

Raghavendra.

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