On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 02:47:53PM +0800, Deephay wrote:
> On 11/22/06, Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net> wrote:
> >On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 01:33:08PM +0800, Deephay wrote:
> >> Greetings all,
> >>
> >> Since I have to add a missed configure option in the debian/rules of a
> >> package, so I used "apt-get build-dep xxx" and "apt-get source xxx" in
> >> order to build the package, the "apt-get build-dep" installed a lot
> >> of build-dep packages and I want to know that is there a way to purge
> >> them? They have no further uses and seems they will not be purged
> >> automatically.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >Hi Deephay,
> >Here is an UNTESTED hack I just made:
> >apt-get remove $(apt-get --simulate build-dep xxx|grep "^Inst"|awk '{print
> >$2}')
> >note that it will remove all build-dep of xxx, even in you wanted to
> >keep any.
> >Cheers,
> >Kev
> Thanks Kevin, I did not notice there is a --simulate option, that is
> helpful, so apt-get cannot handle this job itself?
>
> Cheers,
Hi Deephay,
if the design did not include that feature, its not a missing feature. I
think aptitude is being developed more and may include such functions.
Also, apt-get has less functions when compared to aptitude, so I dont
see it being expanded as fast as aptitude. Either way, you can make a
'wishlist' request. But the scipt is not very complex to make, at least
by me. And this script may not meet everyones needs, so it probably wont
be added.
Cheers,
Kev
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