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 --disfigure-only
57 Disfigure all the packages but don't purge.
58 --print-only|-p
60 Print to stdout what would be done without actually doing any‐
61 thing.
62 --plan header
64 Print the plan (even if --yes is specified) and start it with
65 the header line (unless it is empty).
66 --directory|-d dir
68 Assume configuration is in dir rather than in the current work‐
69 ing directory.
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72 The common options are summarized below with a more detailed descrip‐
73 tion available in bpkg-common-options(1).
74 -v Print essential underlying commands being executed.
76 -V Print all underlying commands being executed.
78 --quiet|-q
80 Run quietly, only printing error messages.
81 --verbose level
83 Set the diagnostics verbosity to level between 0 and 6.
84 --stdout-format format
86 Representation format to use for printing to stdout.
87 --jobs|-j num
89 Number of jobs to perform in parallel.
90 --no-result
92 Don't print informational messages about the outcome of perform‐
93 ing a command or some of its parts.
94 --progress
96 Display progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as
97 network transfers, building, etc.
98 --no-progress
100 Suppress progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such
101 as network transfers, building, etc.
102 --build path
104 The build program to be used to build packages.
105 --build-option opt
107 Additional option to be passed to the build program.
108 --fetch path
110 The fetch program to be used to download resources.
111 --fetch-option opt
113 Additional option to be passed to the fetch program.
114 --fetch-timeout sec
116 The fetch and fetch-like (for example, git) program timeout.
117 --pkg-proxy url
119 HTTP proxy server to use when fetching package manifests and ar‐
120 chives from remote pkg repositories.
121 --git path
123 The git program to be used to fetch git repositories.
124 --git-option opt
126 Additional common option to be passed to the git program.
127 --sha256 path
129 The sha256 program to be used to calculate SHA256 sums.
130 --sha256-option opt
132 Additional option to be passed to the sha256 program.
133 --tar path
135 The tar program to be used to extract package archives.
136 --tar-option opt
138 Additional option to be passed to the tar program.
139 --openssl path
141 The openssl program to be used for crypto operations.
142 --openssl-option opt
144 Additional option to be passed to the openssl program.
145 --auth type
147 Types of repositories to authenticate.
148 --trust fingerprint
150 Trust repository certificate with a SHA256 fingerprint.
151 --trust-yes
153 Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is yes.
154 --trust-no
156 Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is no.
157 --pager path
159 The pager program to be used to show long text.
160 --pager-option opt
162 Additional option to be passed to the pager program.
163 --options-file file
165 Read additional options from file.
166 --default-options dir
168 The directory to load additional default options files from.
169 --no-default-options
171 Don't load default options files.
172 --keep-tmp
174 Don't remove the bpkg's temporary directory at the end of the
175 command execution and print its path at the verbosity level 2 or
176 higher.
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179 See bpkg-default-options-files(1) for an overview of the default op‐
180 tions files. For the pkg-drop command the search start directory is the
181 configuration directory. The following options files are searched for
182 in each directory and, if found, loaded in the order listed:
183 bpkg.options
185 bpkg-pkg-drop.options
186 The following pkg-drop command options cannot be specified in the de‐
188 fault options files:
189 --directory|-d
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193 Send bug reports to the users@build2.org mailing list.
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196 Copyright (c) 2014-2022 the build2 authors.
197 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
199 under the terms of the MIT License.
200bpkg 0.15.0 July 2022 bpkg-pkg-drop(1)