1bpkg-pkg-drop(1) General Commands Manual bpkg-pkg-drop(1)
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6 bpkg-pkg-drop - drop package
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9 bpkg pkg-drop|drop [options] <pkg>...
10 bpkg pkg-drop|drop [options] --all|-a
11 bpkg pkg-drop|drop [options] (--all-pattern <pattern>)...
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14 The pkg-drop command drops from the configuration the specified pack‐
15 ages (the first form), all the held packages (the second form, see
16 bpkg-pkg-status(1)), or all the held packages that match any of the
17 specified wildcard patterns (the third form). If the packages being
18 dropped still have dependent packages, then those will have to be
19 dropped as well and you will be prompted to confirm. And if the pack‐
20 ages being dropped have dependency packages that would otherwise no
21 longer be used, then they will be dropped as well unless the --keep-un‐
22 used|-K option is specified.
23 The pkg-drop command also supports several options (described below)
25 that allow you to control the amount of work that will be done.
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28 --all|-a
29 Drop all held packages.
30 --all-pattern pattern
32 Drop held packages that match the specified wildcard pattern.
33 Repeat this option to match multiple patterns. Note that you may
34 need to quote the pattern to prevent expansion by your shell.
35 --yes|-y
37 Assume the answer to all prompts is yes. Note that this option
38 does not apply to the dropping of dependents; use --drop-depen‐
39 dent for that.
40 --no|-n
42 Assume the answer to all prompts is no. Only makes sense to‐
43 gether with --print-only|-p.
44 --keep-unused|-K
46 Don't drop dependency packages that were automatically built but
47 will no longer be used.
48 --drop-dependent|-D
50 Don't warn about or ask for confirmation if dropping dependent
51 packages.
52 --keep-dependent
54 Issue an error if attempting to drop dependent packages.
55 --dependent-exit code
57 Silently exit with the specified error code if attempting to
58 drop dependent packages.
59 --disfigure-only
61 Disfigure all the packages but don't purge.
62 --print-only|-p
64 Print to stdout what would be done without actually doing any‐
65 thing.
66 --plan header
68 Print the plan (even if --yes is specified) and start it with
69 the header line (unless it is empty).
70 --directory|-d dir
72 Assume configuration is in dir rather than in the current work‐
73 ing directory.
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76 The common options are summarized below with a more detailed descrip‐
77 tion available in bpkg-common-options(1).
78 -v Print essential underlying commands being executed.
80 -V Print all underlying commands being executed.
82 --quiet|-q
84 Run quietly, only printing error messages.
85 --verbose level
87 Set the diagnostics verbosity to level between 0 and 6.
88 --stdout-format format
90 Representation format to use for printing to stdout.
91 --jobs|-j num
93 Number of jobs to perform in parallel.
94 --no-result
96 Don't print informational messages about the outcome of perform‐
97 ing a command or some of its parts.
98 --structured-result fmt
100 Write the result of performing a command in a structured form.
101 --progress
103 Display progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as
104 network transfers, building, etc.
105 --no-progress
107 Suppress progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such
108 as network transfers, building, etc.
109 --diag-color
111 Use color in diagnostics.
112 --no-diag-color
114 Don't use color in diagnostics.
115 --build path
117 The build program to be used to build packages.
118 --build-option opt
120 Additional option to be passed to the build program.
121 --fetch path
123 The fetch program to be used to download resources.
124 --fetch-option opt
126 Additional option to be passed to the fetch program.
127 --fetch-timeout sec
129 The fetch and fetch-like (for example, git) program timeout.
130 --pkg-proxy url
132 HTTP proxy server to use when fetching package manifests and ar‐
133 chives from remote pkg repositories.
134 --git path
136 The git program to be used to fetch git repositories.
137 --git-option opt
139 Additional common option to be passed to the git program.
140 --sha256 path
142 The sha256 program to be used to calculate SHA256 sums.
143 --sha256-option opt
145 Additional option to be passed to the sha256 program.
146 --tar path
148 The tar program to be used to extract package archives.
149 --tar-option opt
151 Additional option to be passed to the tar program.
152 --openssl path
154 The openssl program to be used for crypto operations.
155 --openssl-option opt
157 Additional option to be passed to the openssl program.
158 --auth type
160 Types of repositories to authenticate.
161 --trust fingerprint
163 Trust repository certificate with a SHA256 fingerprint.
164 --trust-yes
166 Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is yes.
167 --trust-no
169 Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is no.
170 --git-capabilities up=pc
172 Protocol capabilities (pc) for a git repository URL prefix (up).
173 --pager path
175 The pager program to be used to show long text.
176 --pager-option opt
178 Additional option to be passed to the pager program.
179 --options-file file
181 Read additional options from file.
182 --default-options dir
184 The directory to load additional default options files from.
185 --no-default-options
187 Don't load default options files.
188 --keep-tmp
190 Don't remove the bpkg's temporary directory at the end of the
191 command execution and print its path at the verbosity level 2 or
192 higher.
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195 See bpkg-default-options-files(1) for an overview of the default op‐
196 tions files. For the pkg-drop command the search start directory is the
197 configuration directory. The following options files are searched for
198 in each directory and, if found, loaded in the order listed:
199 bpkg.options
201 bpkg-pkg-drop.options
202 The following pkg-drop command options cannot be specified in the de‐
204 fault options files:
205 --directory|-d
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209 Send bug reports to the users@build2.org mailing list.
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212 Copyright (c) 2014-2023 the build2 authors.
213 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
215 under the terms of the MIT License.
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