* Matt LaPlante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-02-01 02:36 +0100]: > I know the ports system is designed to install dependencies > automatically, but how does one go about removing them? Say one large > package installs several dependencies, but then later on that package > is removed...and now we're left with several orphaned packages. Is > there a way to either detect, or even automatically clean out orphaned > packages? I'm particularly concerned because I'm dealing with a few > systems which are rather well aged, and have gone through several > upgrade cycles. I know the Linux version of the ports system found in > Gentoo (portage) offers extensive functionality for finding and > removing orphaned dependencies, so I'm hoping FreeBSD has some such > feature as well. Thanks.
You might want to try the attached script, it's what I've been using for a while. Run with any arguments to print output to terminal. Run with no arguments to create a file called 'remove_leaf_ports.sh'. After reviewing the generated script, run it thusly: sudo sh < remove_leaf_ports.sh You can list the prefixes of the ports that you don't want removed in /usr/local/etc/rm_leaf.conf. One prefix per line, no leading/trailing whitespace. The script will not remove any port that is required by any other port. I usually have to run it two or three times after a batch of upgrades/installs. I just got tired of installing ports to manage ports. ;] Attached is my script, and my conf file. Regards, -- dave [ please don't CC me ]
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