pkg-1.3 comment and questions

[Lars Engels]

On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 08:57:00AM -0400, Richard Kuhns wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> First the comment: I've also noticed that checking for out-of-date
> packages now takes 3 to 5 times longer than it used to. I've never used
> an INDEX before, as it didn't seem to offer me anything I needed/wanted.
> Is it considered (almost) a requirement now?
> 
> Second, how do I delete a single package that has dependencies without
> deleting the dependencies? For example, UPDATING says
> 
> libevent1 has been replaced by libevent2 via the compatibility layer.
>   All applications that used libevent1 must be rebuilt.
> 
>   Please remove libevent1 before upgrading, by running:
>         pkg delete libevent
> 
> If I try 'pkg delete libevent', pkg wants to delete no only libevent but
> every other package that requires libevent. It's as if the recursive
> flag is now on by default and I can't find any way to turn it off. 'pkg
> help delete' doesn't offer anything.
> 
> I don't have a pkg.conf file installed anywhere (that I can find, anyway).
> 

pkg delete -f libevent

will only delete the libevent package.
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