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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete/pkg_delete.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete/pkg_delete.1 | 24 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete/pkg_delete.1 b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete/pkg_delete.1 index a8b25315ffc..aab877ee3cf 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete/pkg_delete.1 +++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete/pkg_delete.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: pkg_delete.1,v 1.8 2000/03/06 21:46:55 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: pkg_delete.1,v 1.9 2000/03/19 17:57:10 aaron Exp $ .\" .\" FreeBSD install - a package for the installation and maintainance .\" of non-core utilities. @@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ your system may be susceptible to ``trojan horses'' or other subtle attacks from miscreants who create dangerous package files. .Pp You are advised to verify the competence and identity of those who -provide installable package files. For extra protection, examine all +provide installable package files. +For extra protection, examine all the package control files in the package record directory .Pq Pa /var/db/pkg/<pkg-name>/ . Pay particular @@ -85,15 +86,18 @@ would be taken if it were. Set .Ar prefix as the directory in which to delete files from any installed packages -which do not explicitly set theirs. For most packages, the prefix will +which do not explicitly set theirs. +For most packages, the prefix will be set automatically to the installed location by .Xr pkg_add 1 . .It Fl d -Remove empty directories created by file cleanup. By default, only +Remove empty directories created by file cleanup. +By default, only files/directories explicitly listed in a package's contents (either as normal files/directories or with the .Cm @dirrm -directive) will be removed at deinstallation time. This option tells +directive) will be removed at deinstallation time. +This option tells .Nm to also remove any directories that were emptied as a result of removing the package. @@ -103,7 +107,8 @@ deinstall or require script fails. .El .Sh TECHNICAL DETAILS .Nm -does pretty much what it says. It examines installed package records in +does pretty much what it says. +It examines installed package records in .Pa /var/db/pkg/<pkg-name> , deletes the package contents, and finally removes the package records. .Pp @@ -130,8 +135,8 @@ then this is executed first as is the name of the package in question and .Ar DEINSTALL is a keyword denoting that this is a deinstallation) -to see whether or not deinstallation should continue. A non-zero exit -status means no, unless the +to see whether or not deinstallation should continue. +A non-zero exit status means no, unless the .Fl f option is specified. .Pp @@ -160,7 +165,8 @@ All scripts are called with the environment variable .Ev PKG_PREFIX set to the installation prefix (see the .Fl p -option above). This allows a package author to write a script +option above). +This allows a package author to write a script that reliably performs some action on the directory where the package is installed, even if the user might have changed it by specifying the .Fl p |