On 8/8/2025 5:00 PM, Dimitry Andric wrote:
I'm one of the people that regularly runs `pkg delete -af`, even with `-y` added. :) That said, I only use this when I have completely rebuilt a ports collection with poudriere against a newer base jail, and then I'd like to start completely from scratch with freshly installed packages. This also clears out any unnecessary non-leaf packages there were pulled in by a previous package build.Obviously that is an outlier scenario!
No, it isn't, I do the same things with Poudriere.And every so often, when there have been a lot of developments (additions/deletions of packages, try-outs, etc.) on a server, things can get a bit muddy.
Deinstalling all ports and installing only the ones you actually need from then on is a (/so far/) trusted solution for housekeeping.
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