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.TH pkgfoster 1 "April 23, 2006" "" ""
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.SH NAME
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\fBpkgfoster \fP- clean orphaned packages
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\fB
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.fam C
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\fBpkgfoster\fP
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.fam T
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBpkgfoster\fP is a simple interactive script you can use to clean up orphaned
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packages (i.e., packages not listed in the "Depends on: " line of any other installed
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package). It uses prt-cache by default, so remember to build the cache with "prt-get
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cache". You can also use normal prt-get by modifying the PRT_GET variable. The file
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~/.config/pkgfoster.keep is used to preserve your decisions regarding which packages
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to keep. If you run \fBpkgfoster\fP as a non-root user, make sure the user is able to
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elevate permissions using sudo, doas, or 'su -c'.
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.PP
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Packages from the core collection are never considered for deletion, since some of them
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might provide runtime dependencies yet not be listed in the "Depends on: " line. See
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\fBPkgfile\fP(5) for an explanation of this practice.
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.PP
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Some packages flagged by \fBpkgfoster\fP might actually be optional (soft)
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dependencies of other packages on your system. Use \fBrevdep\fP(1) to identify any
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breakage that you introduce by removing these misidentified orphans, and rebuild the
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affected ports using
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.B prt\-get update \-fr
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(see \fBprt\-get\fP(8) for more detailed examples).
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.SH AUTHORS
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Jukka Heino <jukka@karsikkopuu.net>
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBprt\-cache\fP(8), \fBprt\-get\fP(8), \fBPkgfile\fP(5), \fBrevdep\fP(1)
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