This looks like what I'm after, thank you! > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael C. Shultz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 9:23 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: Matt LaPlante > Subject: Re: Cleaning Out Ports? > > On Monday 31 January 2005 06:16 pm, Matt LaPlante wrote: > > Well what I'm more concerned with is how would you locate orphaned > > dependencies after the fact. For a parallel example, in gentoo you > > would "emerge --depclean" which searches the tree for any orphaned > > packages and removes them. So say I hadn't used the -r flag when > > removing packages on BSD, how could I find the leftovers later? > > > Look at /usr/ports/sysutils/pkg_cutleaves > > here is a excerpt from its man page: > > "pkg_cutleaves finds installed 'leaf' packages, i.e. packages that are > not referenced by any other installed package, and lets you decide for > each one if you want to keep or deinstall it (via pkg_deinstall(1)). > Once the packages marked for removal have been flushed/deinstalled, > you'll be asked if you want to do another run (to see packages that > have become 'leaves' now because you've deinstalled the package(s) that > depended on them). In every run you will be shown only packages that > you haven't marked for keeping, yet." > > > -- > > Matt LaPlante > > System Administrator > > Center for Automation Technologies > > RPI/CAT, CII 8015 > > 110 8th Street > > Troy, NY 12180 > > Phone: (518) 276-2275 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.cat.rpi.edu > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Pat Maddox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 8:55 PM > > > To: Matt LaPlante > > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > Subject: Re: Cleaning Out Ports? > > > > > > If you try to remove a package that has child dependencies, then > > > it'll let you know. You'll have to use the -f flag to force it to > > > delete the package, despite there being any dependencies. If you > > > want to delete a package along with all its dependencies, you can > > > use the -r flag. > > > > > > Use pkgdb -F to fix any dependencies that might be broken. > > > > > > I think that's about right. I'm a FreeBSD newbie :) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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