bpkg-pkg-drop - Man Page

bpkg pkg-drop|drop [options] <pkg>...
bpkg pkg-drop|drop [options] --all|-a
bpkg pkg-drop|drop [options] (--all-pattern <pattern>)...

The pkg-drop command drops from the configuration the specified packages (the first form), all the held packages (the second form, see bpkg-pkg-status(1)), or all the held packages that match any of the specified wildcard patterns (the third form). If the packages being dropped still have dependent packages, then those will have to be dropped as well and you will be prompted to confirm. And if the packages being dropped have dependency packages that would otherwise no longer be used, then they will be dropped as well unless the --keep-unused|-K option is specified.

The pkg-drop command also supports several options (described below) that allow you to control the amount of work that will be done.

--all|-a

Drop all held packages.

--all-pattern pattern

Drop held packages that match the specified wildcard pattern. Repeat this option to match multiple patterns. Note that you may need to quote the pattern to prevent expansion by your shell.

--yes|-y

Assume the answer to all prompts is yes. Note that this option does not apply to the dropping of dependents; use --drop-dependent for that.

--no|-n

Assume the answer to all prompts is no. Only makes sense together with --print-only|-p.

--keep-unused|-K

Don't drop dependency packages that were automatically built but will no longer be used.

--drop-dependent|-D

Don't warn about or ask for confirmation if dropping dependent packages.

--keep-dependent

Issue an error if attempting to drop dependent packages.

--dependent-exit code

Silently exit with the specified error code if attempting to drop dependent packages.

--disfigure-only

Disfigure all the packages but don't purge.

--print-only|-p

Print to stdout what would be done without actually doing anything.

--plan header

Print the plan (even if --yes is specified) and start it with the header line (unless it is empty).

--directory|-d dir

Assume configuration is in dir rather than in the current working directory.

The common options are summarized below with a more detailed description available in bpkg-common-options(1).

-v

Print essential underlying commands being executed.

-V

Print all underlying commands being executed.

--quiet|-q

Run quietly, only printing error messages.

--verbose level

Set the diagnostics verbosity to level between 0 and 6.

--stdout-format format

Representation format to use for printing to stdout.

--jobs|-j num

Number of jobs to perform in parallel.

--no-result

Don't print informational messages about the outcome of performing a command or some of its parts.

--structured-result fmt

Write the result of performing a command in a structured form.

--progress

Display progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network transfers, building, etc.

--no-progress

Suppress progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network transfers, building, etc.

--diag-color

Use color in diagnostics.

--no-diag-color

Don't use color in diagnostics.

--build path

The build program to be used to build packages.

--build-option opt

Additional option to be passed to the build program.

--fetch path

The fetch program to be used to download resources.

--fetch-option opt

Additional option to be passed to the fetch program.

--fetch-timeout sec

The fetch and fetch-like (for example, git) program timeout.

--pkg-proxy url

HTTP proxy server to use when fetching package manifests and archives from remote pkg repositories.

--git path

The git program to be used to fetch git repositories.

--git-option opt

Additional common option to be passed to the git program.

--sha256 path

The sha256 program to be used to calculate SHA256 sums.

--sha256-option opt

Additional option to be passed to the sha256 program.

--tar path

The tar program to be used to extract package archives.

--tar-option opt

Additional option to be passed to the tar program.

--openssl path

The openssl program to be used for crypto operations.

--openssl-option opt

Additional option to be passed to the openssl program.

--auth type

Types of repositories to authenticate.

--trust fingerprint

Trust repository certificate with a SHA256 fingerprint.

--trust-yes

Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is yes.

--trust-no

Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is no.

--git-capabilities up=pc

Protocol capabilities (pc) for a git repository URL prefix (up).

--pager path

The pager program to be used to show long text.

--pager-option opt

Additional option to be passed to the pager program.

--options-file file

Read additional options from file.

--default-options dir

The directory to load additional default options files from.

--no-default-options

Don't load default options files.

--keep-tmp

Don't remove the bpkg's temporary directory at the end of the command execution and print its path at the verbosity level 2 or higher.

See bpkg-default-options-files(1) for an overview of the default options files. For the pkg-drop command the search start directory is the configuration directory. The following options files are searched for in each directory and, if found, loaded in the order listed:

bpkg.options
bpkg-pkg-drop.options

The following pkg-drop command options cannot be specified in the default options files:

--directory|-d

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