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authorwiz <wiz>2010-02-24 21:11:27 +0000
committerwiz <wiz>2010-02-24 21:11:27 +0000
commit1350f42b5c95c08bc57cfd11ee124f336828b69f (patch)
treee0ee7012fa975a39aac309fe6caa615f7f97906c /pkgtools
parent5a10428e60a0a59ab5ec0c9ec4d1baf39bef82ec (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-1350f42b5c95c08bc57cfd11ee124f336828b69f.tar.gz
Improve wording, remove unneeded Bk/Ek, various minor fixes.
Diffstat (limited to 'pkgtools')
-rw-r--r--pkgtools/pkg_install/files/delete/pkg_delete.136
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/delete/pkg_delete.1 b/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/delete/pkg_delete.1
index 0cc38868290..a6fee555175 100644
--- a/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/delete/pkg_delete.1
+++ b/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/delete/pkg_delete.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: pkg_delete.1,v 1.26 2010/01/22 13:30:41 joerg Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: pkg_delete.1,v 1.27 2010/02/24 21:11:27 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" FreeBSD install - a package for the installation and maintenance
.\" of non-core utilities.
@@ -26,13 +26,9 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl ADFfkNnORrVv
-.Bk -words
.Op Fl K Ar pkg_dbdir
-.Ek
-.Bk -words
.Op Fl P Ar destdir
.Op Fl p Ar prefix
-.Ek
.Ar pkg-name ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
@@ -41,8 +37,8 @@ command is used to delete packages that have been previously installed
with the
.Xr pkg_add 1
command.
-The given packages are sorted, so that the dependencies of a package
-are deleted after the package.
+The given packages are sorted, so that the dependencies needed by a
+package are deleted after the package.
Before any action is executed,
.Nm
checks for packages that are marked as
@@ -50,8 +46,7 @@ checks for packages that are marked as
or have depending packages left.
If the
.Fl k
-flag is given, preserved packages are removed from the list of packages
-to remove.
+flag is given, preserved packages are skipped and not removed.
Unless the
.Fl f
flag is given,
@@ -114,7 +109,9 @@ flag.
.It Fl D
If a deinstallation script exists for a given package, do not execute it.
.It Fl F
-Any pkg-name given will be interpreted as pathname which is
+Any
+.Ar pkg-name
+given will be interpreted as pathname which is
subsequently transformed in a (real) package name via the Package
Database.
That way, packages can be deleted by giving a filename
@@ -141,14 +138,16 @@ Silently skip all packages that are marked as
.It Fl N
Remove the package's registration and its entries from the package database,
but leave the files installed.
-Don't run any deinstall scripts or @unexec lines either.
+Don't run any deinstall scripts or
+.Cm @unexec
+lines either.
.It Fl n
Don't actually deinstall a package, just report the steps that
-would be taken if it were.
+would be taken.
.It Fl O
-Only delete the package's entries from the package database, do not
+Only delete the package's entries from the package database; do not
touch the package or its files itself.
-.It Fl p Ar destdir
+.It Fl P Ar destdir
Prefix all file and directory names with
.Ar destdir .
For packages without install scripts this has the same behavior as
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ be set automatically to the installed location by
.Xr pkg_add 1 .
.It Fl R
Recursively remove all packages that were needed by the given packages
-and that have no other dependencies left.
+and are no longer required, even if they were installed manually.
This option overrides the
.Fl A
flag.
@@ -198,8 +197,9 @@ option is given).
If a filename is given instead of a package name, the package of which
the given file belongs to can be deleted if the
.Fl F
-Flag is given.
-The filename needs to be absolute, see the output produced by the pkg_info
+flag is given.
+The filename needs to be absolute, see the output produced by the
+.Xr pkg_info 1
.Fl aF
command.
.Pp
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ before deleting all files and as:
after deleting them.
Passing the keywords
.Ar VIEW-DEINSTALL ,
-.Ar DEINSTALL
+.Ar DEINSTALL ,
and
.Ar POST-DEINSTALL
lets you potentially write only one program/script that handles all