Jeremie Le Hen wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to track dependency-only ports, so that if I install > port0 which requires port1 which in turn requires port2 and so on, > deinstalling port0 will deinstall portN up to the first one required by > another port or one I explicitely installed.
I realize that this is an old post, but the thread it generated indicated that there is demand for this kind of functionality, and no solutions were presented that I could see. Portmaster actually has what I believe you are looking for. The -e option will "expunge" an installed port (pkg_delete + option to remove distfiles) and it will then call the -s option recursively to remove any "stale" ports that were previously installed as a dependency, but are no longer depended on. The -s mode prompts the user before deleting a port, and offers an option to remove the empty +REQUIRED_BY file which is the hallmark of a port that was once a dependency, but is no longer. Finally, portmaster has a -l option to "list" your installed ports according to categories based on whether they do/don't have dependencies, and whether they are/aren't depended on. This will give you a good view of ports that you're not using any more that could be safely deleted from the "root" and "leaf" categories. I should also point out that because portmaster uses (and modifies) only the existing data in the /var/db/pkg directory, all of these features are available whether you use portmaster to keep your ports up to date or not. hope this helps, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"