Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:30:53 -0400 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> To: Josh Rickmar <joshua_rickmar@eumx.net> Cc: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Concern about using pkg_delete -r Message-ID: <1224815453.1624.0.camel@wombat.2hip.net> In-Reply-To: <61973.67.177.142.45.1224815151.squirrel@ssl.eumx.net> References: <53980.67.177.142.45.1224810884.squirrel@ssl.eumx.net> <49012D63.8020201@math.missouri.edu> <61973.67.177.142.45.1224815151.squirrel@ssl.eumx.net>
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--=-KWk9yq7/dTRBOsHQDWYv Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 22:25 -0400, Josh Rickmar wrote: > On Thu, October 23, 2008 10:05 pm, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > > Josh Rickmar wrote: > > > >> I'm hoping that this list covers port tools as well as the usual > >> discussions about the actual ports. If not, please CC this to the > >> proper list. > >> > >> I want to use pkg_delete to remove an installed port, but also want to > >> remove its orphaned dependencies along with it. After looking at the > >> pkg_delete(1) man page, the -r flag seems to be the option to use for > >> this job. My concern, though, is about the wording: > >> > >>> In addition to specified packages, delete all > >>> packages that depend on those packages as well. > >> > >> Does this mean that if I pkg_delete -r pkgA, than pkgB (a dependency) > >> will be removed with it, even though it is dependency of pkgC? Or is > >> pkg_delete (or pkg_deinstall) smart enough to understand this > >> dependency and keep pkgB installed? > >> > >> If in this scenario pkgB would be deleted, should an extra warning be > >> added to the man page so that users know that using this flag could > >> potentially break their other ports? > > > > I think you have the dependency relationship the wrong way around. > > > > > > If you do "pkg_delete -r pkgA", and pkgA is a dependency of pkgB (not > > the other way around as you have it), then pkgB will be deleted. > > >=20 > Ah, my bad. Yeah, after re-reading the wording it seems that is the case= . >=20 > What about for pkg_deinstall (part of portupgrade)? According to its man > page, it has two options, --recursive (-r) and --upward-recursive (-R).=20 > Maybe it's just a little bit late, but what /exactly/ is the difference?=20 > It sounds like the --upward-recursive option would be better called > --downward-recursive, since it will remove the ports/packages "below" it. Semantically, it is an inverted tree... i.e. the root is at the top. robert. > So, if that is the case, would pkg_deinstall -R pkgA remove pkgB or not? >=20 --=-KWk9yq7/dTRBOsHQDWYv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkkBM10ACgkQM4TrQ4qfROPR+gCeMlzYeLP0YX8QlB8WWlusN+BO suQAn0WfEdsqmkIchbZ6Fj4GePd70F1l =Esq5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-KWk9yq7/dTRBOsHQDWYv--
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