Bug#461658: apt: add an autopurge option
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.10
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
i find myself doing "apt-get autoremove --purge" rather often, and would
prefer to not type so much -- something like "apt-get autopurge" would
be much more preferable. i have taken it upon myself to implement this
"autopurge" feature. see the attached patch.
-- Package-specific info:
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.07.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.3-20080116-1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.3-20080116-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- apt-0.7.10/cmdline/apt-get.cc 2008-01-07 15:24:26.000000000 -0500
+++ apt-0.7.10-autopurge/cmdline/apt-get.cc 2008-01-19 23:44:56.000000000 -0500
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@
if (!hideAutoRemove)
ShowList(c1out, _("The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:"), autoremovelist, autoremoveversions);
if (!doAutoRemove && !hideAutoRemove && autoremovelist.size() > 0)
- c1out << _("Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.") << std::endl;
+ c1out << _("Use 'apt-get autoremove' or 'apt-get autopurge' to remove them.") << std::endl;
// Now see if we destroyed anything
if (Cache->BrokenCount() != 0)
@@ -1550,6 +1550,12 @@
_config->Set("APT::Get::AutomaticRemove", "true");
DefRemove = true;
}
+ else if (strcasecmp(CmdL.FileList[0], "autopurge") == 0)
+ {
+ _config->Set("APT::Get::AutomaticRemove", "true");
+ _config->Set("APT::Get::Purge", "true");
+ DefRemove = true;
+ }
// new scope for the ActionGroup
{
pkgDepCache::ActionGroup group(Cache);
@@ -2618,8 +2624,9 @@
" upgrade - Perform an upgrade\n"
" install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)\n"
" remove - Remove packages\n"
- " autoremove - Remove all automatic unused packages\n"
+ " autoremove - Automatically remove all unused packages\n"
" purge - Remove and purge packages\n"
+ " autopurge - Automatically remove and purge all unused packages\n"
" source - Download source archives\n"
" build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages\n"
" dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)\n"
@@ -2732,6 +2739,7 @@
{"purge",&DoInstall},
{"autoremove",&DoInstall},
{"purge",&DoInstall},
+ {"autopurge",&DoInstall},
{"dist-upgrade",&DoDistUpgrade},
{"dselect-upgrade",&DoDSelectUpgrade},
{"build-dep",&DoBuildDep},
--- apt-0.7.10/doc/apt-get.8.xml 2007-11-12 14:48:22.000000000 -0500
+++ apt-0.7.10-autopurge/doc/apt-get.8.xml 2008-01-19 23:50:34.000000000 -0500
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
<arg>clean</arg>
<arg>autoclean</arg>
<arg>autoremove</arg>
+ <arg>autopurge</arg>
</group>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -215,6 +216,12 @@
<listitem><para><literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were automatically
installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no more needed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>autopurge</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>autopurge</literal> is used to remove and purge packages that were automatically
+ installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no more needed.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
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