Re: proposed pkg_delete change

2000-05-09 Thread Doug Rabson
On Mon, 8 May 2000, Mike Pritchard wrote: On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 02:10:28AM -0400, Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote: I have a suggestion for pkg_delete: Very often when I'm deleting a package (such as kde, after testing the port) I want to delete that package, and all it's dependancies;

Re: proposed pkg_delete change

2000-05-09 Thread Kenneth Wayne Culver
Yeah, but some ports and projects don't have the same beginning to their names which prompted me to make my suggestion. = | Kenneth Culver | FreeBSD: The best OS around.| | Unix Systems Administrator | ICQ #:

Re: proposed pkg_delete change

2000-05-08 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
I have a suggestion for pkg_delete: Very often when I'm deleting a package (such as kde, after testing the port) I want to delete that package, and all it's dependancies; instead of going around looking for the dependancies, I think it would be a nice idea to add an option to pkg_delete to

Re: proposed pkg_delete change

2000-05-08 Thread Mike Pritchard
On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 02:10:28AM -0400, Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote: I have a suggestion for pkg_delete: Very often when I'm deleting a package (such as kde, after testing the port) I want to delete that package, and all it's dependancies; instead of going around looking for the

Re: proposed pkg_delete change

2000-05-08 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: Kenneth Wayne Culver [EMAIL PROTECTED] * dependancies, I think it would be a nice idea to add an option to * pkg_delete to automatically delete all dependancies that aren't currently * used by anything else. If nobody is interested in doing this, I can do it Be careful about that

Re: proposed pkg_delete change

2000-05-08 Thread Tim Vanderhoek
On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 02:30:59AM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: (such as kde, after testing the port) I want to delete that package, and all it's dependancies; instead of going around looking for the [...] That would be cool, yes. If you've got the time to do it, I think it would be

Re: proposed pkg_delete change

2000-05-08 Thread Kenneth Wayne Culver
I have a suggestion for pkg_delete: Very often when I'm deleting a package (such as kde, after testing the port) I want to delete that package, and all it's dependancies; instead of going around looking for the dependancies, I think it would be a nice idea to add an option to pkg_delete

Re: proposed pkg_delete change

2000-05-08 Thread Kris Kennaway
On 8 May 2000, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote: Be careful about that "aren't currently used by anything else" part. If you already had a port A installed, and then later installed B (which just happens to depend on A), you could get A erased when you erase B. Have a -n mode (-nothing)