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.\" Jordan K. Hubbard
.\"
.\"
.\" @(#)pkg_add.1
.\" @(#)pkg_add.8
.\"
.TH pkg_add 1 "July 18, 1993" "" "FreeBSD"
.SH NAME
pkg_add - a utility for installing software package distributions.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.na
.B pkg_add
.RB [options]
.RB "pkg-name\ [.. pkg-name]"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.Dd November 25, 1994
.Dt pkg_add 8
.Os NetBSD 1.0
.Sh NAME
.Nm pkg_add
.Nd a utility for installing software package distributions.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl vInfRMS
.Op Fl t Ar template
.Op Fl p Ar prefix
.Ar pkg-name ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.B pkg_add
.Nm
command is used to extract packages that have been previously created
with the
.B pkg_create
.Xr pkg_create 8
command.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
The following command line options are supported.
.TP
.B \-v
.Sh WARNING
.Bf -emphasis
Since the
.Nm
command may execute scripts or programs contained within a package file,
your system may be susceptible to ``trojan horses'' or other subtle
attacks from miscreants who create dangerous package files.
.Pp
You are advised to verify the competence and identity of those who
provide installable package files. For extra protection, use the
.Fl M
flag to extract the package file, and inspect its contents and scripts
to insure it poses no danger to your system's integrity. Pay particular
attention to any +INSTALL, +DEINSTALL, +REQUIRE or +MTREE_DIRS files,
and inspect the +CONTENTS file for
.Cm @cwd ,
.Cm @mode
(check for setuid),
.Cm @dirrm ,
.Cm @exec ,
and
.Cm @unexec
directives, and/or use the
.Xr pkg_info 1
command to examine the package file.
.Ef
.Sh OPTIONS
The following command line arguments are supported.
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Ar pkg-name ...
Packages in the named files are installed.
.It Fl v
Turns on verbose output.
.B "Optional."
.TP
.B \-I
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl I
If an installation script exists for a given package, do not execute it.
.B "Optional."
.TP
.B \-n
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl n
Don't actually install a package, just report the steps that
would be taken if it was.
.B "Optional."
.TP
.B \-R
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl R
Do not record the installation of a package. This means
that you cannot deinstall it later, so only use this option if
you know what you are doing!
.B "Optional."
.TP
.BI "\-p\ " prefix
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl f
Forces installation to proceed even if prerequisite packages are not
installed or the requirements script fails.
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl p Ar prefix
Sets
.I prefix
.Ar prefix
as the directory in which to extract files from a package.
If a package has set its default directory, it will be overridden
by this flag. Note that only the first directory default will
be replaced, since
.B pkg_add
.Nm
has no way of knowing which directory settings are relative and
which are absolute. It is rare, in any case, that more than one
directory transition is made, but when such is the case then you
may wish to look into the use of
.B MASTER
.Cm MASTER
and
.B SLAVE
mode (see
.B \-M
.Cm SLAVE
mode (see the
.Fl M
and
.B \-S
.Fl S
options).
.B "Optional."
.TP
.BI "\-t\ " template
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl t Ar template
Use
.I template
as the input to mktemp(3). By default, this is the string
.B /tmp/instmp.XXXXXX
, but it may be necessary to override it in the situation where
.Ar template
as the input to
.Xr mktemp 3
when creating a ``staging area.''
By default, this is the string
.Pa /tmp/instmp.XXXXXX ,
but it may be necessary to override it in the situation where
space in your
.B /tmp
.Pa /tmp
directory is limited. Be sure to leave some number of `X' characters
for mktemp(3) to fill in with a unique ID.
.B "Optional."
.TP
.B \-M
for
.Xr mktemp 3
to fill in with a unique ID.
.Pp
You can get a performance boost by setting the staging area
.Ar template
to reside on the same disk partition as target directories for package
file installation; often this is
.Pa /usr .
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl M
Run in
.B MASTER
.Cm MASTER
mode. This is a very specialized mode for running
.B pkg_add
.Nm
and is meant to be run in conjunction with
.B SLAVE
.Cm SLAVE
mode. When run in this mode,
.B pkg_add
.Nm
does no work beyond extracting the package into a temporary staging
area (see
.B \-t
area (see the
.Fl t
option), reading in the packing list, and then dumping it (prefaced by
the current staging area) to stdout where it may be filtered by a
program such as
.B sed(1).
.Xr sed 1 .
When used in conjunction with
.B SLAVE
.Cm SLAVE
mode, it allows you to make radical changes to the package structure
before acting on its contents.
.TP
.B \-S
.It Fl S
Run in
.B SLAVE
.Cm SLAVE
mode. This is a very specialized mode for running
.B pkg_add
.Nm
and is meant to be run in conjunction with
.B MASTER
.Cm MASTER
mode. When run in this mode,
.B pkg_add
.Nm
expects the release contents to be already extracted and waiting
in the staging area, the location of which is read as a string
from stdin. The complete packing list is also read from stdin,
and the contents then acted on as normal.
.PP
.SH "TECHNICAL DETAILS"
.B
pkg_add
.El
.Sh TECHNICAL DETAILS
.Nm
is fairly simple. It simply extracts the requested packages into
a "staging area" directory and then performs the following steps:
.PP
a ``staging area'' directory and then performs the following steps:
.Bl -enum -indent indent
.It
It checks whether the package is already recorded as installed; if so,
the installation terminates.
.It
It checks whether all the package dependencies (from
.Cm @pkgdep
directives, see
.Xr pkg_create 8 )
are met; if not, the missing dependencies are printed and the
installation terminates.
.It
If the package contains a
.B require
.Ar require
file (see
.B pkg_create
), then this is executed first with the flags
.PP
.B <script>
.I pkg-name INSTALL
.PP
to see whether or not installation should
continue (a non-zero exit status means no).
.PP
If an
.B install
script exists for the package, it is then executed as follows:
.PP
First, before installing files in the data set, the
.B install
script is called with the flags
.PP
.B <script>
.I pkg-name PRE-INSTALL
.PP
Where
.I pkg-name
.Xr pkg_create 8 ),
then this is executed first as
.Bd -filled -offset indent -compact
.Cm require
.Ar <pkg-name>
.Ar INSTALL
.Ed
where
.Ar <pkg-name>
is the name of the package in question and
.I PRE-INSTALL
is a keyword denoting that this is the "pre installation" pass.
Using the packing list as a guide, files are then moved (or copied,
as necessary) from the staging area into their new homes and the
.B install
script is then executed a second time with the flags
.PP
.B <script>
.I pkg-name POST-INSTALL
.PP
This all allows you to write an
.B install
script that does "before and after" actions.
.PP
.Ar INSTALL
is a keyword denoting that this is an installation requirements check.
.It
If an
.Ar install
script exists for the package, it is then executed as
.Bd -filled -offset indent -compact
.Cm install
.Ar <pkg-name>
.Ar PRE-INSTALL
.Ed
where
.Ar <pkg-name>
is the name of the package in question and
.Ar PRE-INSTALL
is a keyword denoting that this is the preinstallation phase.
.It
Using the packing list (the
.Pa +CONTENTS
file) as a guide, files are then moved (or copied, as necessary) from
the staging area into their final locations.
.It
If the package contains an
.Ar mtreefile
file (see the
.Fl m
option to
.Xr pkg_create 8 ),
then mtree is invoked as
.Bd -filled -offset indent -compact
.Cm mtree
.Fl u
.Fl f
.Ar mtreefile
.Fl d
.Fl e
.Fl p
.Pa prefix
.Ed
where
.Pa prefix
is either the prefix specified with the
.Fl p
flag or, if no
.Fl p
flag was specified, the name of the first directory named by a
.Cm @cwd
directive within this package.
.It
If an
.Ar install
script exists for the package, it is then executed as
.Bd -filled -offset indent -compact
.Cm <script>
.Ar <pkg-name>
.Ar POST-INSTALL
.Ed
This all allows you to write a single
.Ar install
script that does both ``before and after'' actions.
.It
After installation is complete, a copy of the packing list,
.Ar deinstall
script, description, and display files are copied into
.Pa /var/db/pkg/<pkg-name>
for subsequent possible use by
.Xr pkg_delete 8 .
Any package dependencies are recorded in the other packages'
.Pa /var/db/pkg/<other-pkg>/+REQUIRED_BY
file.
.It
Finally, the staging area is deleted and the program terminates.
.El
.Pp
All the scripts are called with the environment variable
.B PKG_PREFIX
.Ev PKG_PREFIX
set to the installation prefix (see the
.B -p
.Fl p
option above). This allows a package author to write a script
that reliably performs some action on the directory where the package
is installed, even if the user might change it by
.B -p
when
.B pkg_add
is run.
.PP
After installation is complete, a copy of the packing list, in addition
to any
.B deinstall
script the package might have, is copied into /var/db/pkg/<pkg-name>
for subsequent possible use by
.B pkg-delete.
Finally, the staging area is deleted and the program terminates.
.PP
.SH BUGS
Sure to be some.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR pkg_create "(" 1 "),"
.BR pkg_info "(" 1 "),"
.BR pkg_delete "(" 1 "),"
.SH AUTHORS
Jordan Hubbard
is installed, even if the user might change it with the
.Fl p
flag to
.Cm pkg_add .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pkg_info 1 ,
.Xr mktemp 3 ,
.Xr sysconf 3 ,
.Xr mtree 8 ,
.Xr pkg_create 8 ,
.Xr pkg_delete 8 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
.It "Jordan Hubbard"
most of the work
.It "John Kohl"
refined it for NetBSD
.El
.Sh BUGS
Hard links between files in a distribution are only preserved if either
(1) the staging area is on the same file system as the target directory of
all the links to the file, or (2) all the links to the file are bracketed by
.Cm @cwd
directives in the contents file,
.Em and
and the link names are extracted with a single
.Cm tar
command (not split between
invocations due to exec argument-space limitations--this depends on the
value returned by
.Xr sysconf _SC_ARG_MAX ).
.Pp
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.\" Jordan K. Hubbard
.\"
.\"
.\" @(#)pkg_create.1
.\" @(#)pkg_create.8
.\" $Id: pkg_create.8,v 1.8 1994/11/26 19:12:17 jtk Exp $
.\" hacked up by John Kohl for NetBSD--fixed a few bugs, extended keywords,
.\" added dependency tracking, etc.
.\"
.TH pkg_create 1 "July 18, 1993" "" "FreeBSD"
.SH NAME
pkg_create - a utility for creating software package distributions.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.na
.B pkg_create
.RB [options]
.RB pkg-name
.SH DESCRIPTION
.Dd November 25, 1994
.Dt pkg_create 8
.Os NetBSD 1.0
.Sh NAME
.Nm pkg_create
.Nd a utility for creating software package distributions.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl YNhv
.Op Fl p Ar prefix
.Op Fl f Ar contents
.Op Fl i Ar iscript
.Op Fl k Ar dscript
.Op Fl r Ar rscript
.Op Fl t Ar template
.Op Fl X Ar excludefile
.Op Fl D Ar displayfile
.Op Fl m Ar mtreefile
.Fl d Ar description
.Fl f Ar packlist
.Ar pkg-name
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.B pkg_create
.Nm
command is used to create packages that will subsequently be fed to
one of the package extraction/info utilities. The input description
and command line arguments for the creation of a package are not
@ -36,118 +50,134 @@ really meant to be human-generated, though it is easy enough to
do so. It is more expected that you will use a front-end tool for
the job rather than muddling through it yourself. Nonetheless, a short
description of the input syntax is included in this document.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.Sh OPTIONS
The following command line options are supported.
.TP
.B \-Y
Assume a default answer of `Yes' for any questions asked.
.B "Optional."
.TP
.B \-N
Assume a default answer of `No' for any questions asked.
.B "Optional."
.TP
.B \-v
Turns on verbose output.
.B "Optional."
.TP
.BI "\-c\ " [-]desc
Fetch package "one line description" from file
.I desc
or, if preceeded by
.B -
, the argument itself. This string should also
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl f Ar packinglist
Fetch ``packing list'' for package from the file
.Ar packinglist
or
.Cm stdin
if
.Ar packinglist
is a
.Cm -
(dash).
.Em "Mandatory."
.It Fl c Ar [-]desc
Fetch package ``one line description'' from file
.Ar desc
or, if preceded by
.Cm - ,
the argument itself. This string should also
give some idea of which version of the product (if any) the package
represents.
.B "Mandatory."
.TP
.BI "\-d\ " [-]desc
.Em "Mandatory."
.It Fl d Ar [-]desc
Fetch long description for package from file
.I desc
or, if preceeded by
.B -
, the argument itself.
.B "Mandatory."
.TP
.BI "\-f\ " file
Fetch "packing list" for package from
.I file
or
.B stdin
if
.I file
is a
.B -
(dash).
.B "Mandatory."
.TP
.B -h
.Ar desc
or, if preceded by
.Cm - ,
the argument itself.
.Em "Mandatory."
.It Fl Y
Assume a default answer of `Yes' for any questions asked.
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl N
Assume a default answer of `No' for any questions asked.
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl v
Turns on verbose output.
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl h
Forces tar to follow symbolic links, so that the files they point to
are dumped, rather than the links themselves.
.TP
.BI "\-i\ " script
.It Fl i Ar iscript
Sets
.I script
.Ar iscript
to be the install procedure for the package. This can be any
executable program (or shell script). It will be invoked automatically
when the package is later installed.
.B "Optional."
.TP
.BI "\-p\ " prefix
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl p Ar prefix
Sets
.I prefix
As the initial directory "base" to start from in selecting files for
.Ar prefix
as the initial directory ``base'' to start from in selecting files for
the package.
.B "Optional."
.TP
.BI "\-k\ " script
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl k Ar dscript
Sets
.I script
.Ar dscript
to be the de-install procedure for the package. This can be any
executable program (or shell script). It will be invoked automatically
when the package is later (if ever) de-installed.
.B "Optional."
.TP
.BI "\-r\ " script
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl r Ar rscript
Sets
.I script
to be the "requirements" procedure for the package. This can be any
.Ar rscript
to be the ``requirements'' procedure for the package. This can be any
executable program (or shell script). It will be invoked automatically
at installation/deinstallation time to determine whether or not
installation/deinstallation should proceed.
.B "Optional."
.TP
.BI "\-t\ " template
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl t Ar template
Use
.I template
as the input to mktemp(3). By default, this is the string
.B /tmp/instmp.XXXXXX,
.Ar template
as the input to
.Xr mktemp 3 .
By default, this is the string
.Pa /tmp/instmp.XXXXXX ,
but it may be necessary to override it in the situation where
space in your
.B /tmp
.Pa /tmp
directory is limited. Be sure to leave some number of `X' characters
for mktemp(3) to fill in with a unique ID.
.B "Optional."
.TP
.BI "\-X\ " file
for
.Xr mktemp 3
to fill in with a unique ID.
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl X Ar excludefile
Pass
.I file
.Ar excludefile
as a
.B \-exclude-from
.Fl exclude-from
argument to
.B tar
.Cm tar
when creating final package. See
.B tar
.Cm tar
man page (or run
.B tar
.Cm tar
with
.B --help
.Fl -help
flag) for further information on using this flag.
.PP
.SH "TECHNICAL DETAILS"
The "packing list" format (see \fB-f\fR) is fairly simple, being
.It Fl D Ar displayfile
Display the file (using
.Xr more 1 )
after installing the package. Useful for things like
legal notices on almost-free software, etc.
.It Fl m Ar mtreefile
Run
.Xr mtree 8
with input from mtreefile before the package is installed.
Mtree is invoked as
.Cm mtree
.Fl u
.Fl f
.Ar mtreefile
.Fl d
.Fl e
.Fl p
.Pa prefix ,
where
.Pa prefix
is the name of the first directory named by a
.Cm @cwd
directive.
.El
.Pp
.Sh PACKING LIST DETAILS
The ``packing list'' format (see
.Fl f )
is fairly simple, being
nothing more than a single column of filenames to include in the
package. However, since absolute pathnames are generally a bad idea
for a package that could be installed potentially anywhere, there is
@ -155,126 +185,178 @@ another method of specifying where things are supposed to go
and, optionally, what ownership and mode information they should be
installed with. This is done by imbeding specialized command sequences
in the packing list. Briefly described, these sequences are:
.TP
.BI "@cwd\ " directory
.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
.It Cm @cwd Ar directory
Sets the internal directory pointer to point to
.I directory.
.Ar directory .
All subsequent filenames will be assumed relative to this directory.
Note:
.BI @cd
.Cm @cd
is also an alias for this command.
.TP
.BI "@srcdir\ " directory
.It Cm @srcdir Ar directory
Sets the internal directory pointer for _creation only_ to
.I directory.
.Ar directory .
That is to say that it overrides
.I @cwd
.Cm @cwd
for package creation but not extraction.
.TP
.BI "@exec\ " command
.It Cm @exec Ar command
Execute
.I command
.Ar command
as part of the unpacking process. If
.I command
.Ar command
contains a any of the following sequences somewhere in it, they will
be expanded inline. For the following examples, assume that
.B @cwd
.Cm @cwd
is set to
.B /usr/local
.Pa /usr/local
and the last extracted file was
.B bin/emacs.
.TP
.I "%F"
.Pa bin/emacs .
.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
.It Cm "%F"
Expands to the last filename extracted (as specified), in the example case
.B bin/emacs
.TP
.I "%D"
.Pa bin/emacs
.It Cm "%D"
Expands to the current directory prefix, as set with
.B @cwd,
.Cm @cwd ,
in the example case
.B /usr/local.
.TP
.I "%B"
Expands to the "basename" of the fully qualified filename, that
.Pa /usr/local .
.It Cm "%B"
Expands to the ``basename'' of the fully qualified filename, that
is the current directory prefix, plus the last filespec, minus
the trailing filename. In the example case, that would be
.B /usr/local/bin.
.TP
.I "%f"
Expands to the "filename" part of the fully qualified name, or
.Pa /usr/local/bin .
.It Cm "%f"
Expands to the ``filename'' part of the fully qualified name, or
the converse of
.B %B
, being in the example case,
.B emacs.
.TP
.BI "@unexec\ " command
.Cm %B ,
being in the example case,
.Pa emacs .
.El
.It Cm @unexec Ar command
Execute
.I command
.Ar command
as part of the deinstallation process. Expansion of special
.B %
.Cm %
sequences is the same as for
.B @exec.
.Cm @exec .
This command is not executed during the package add, as
.B @exec
.Cm @exec
is, but rather when the package is deleted. This is useful
for creating links and other ancillary files that were created
as a result of adding the package, but not directly known to
the package's table of contents (and hence not automatically
removable). The advantage of using
.B @unexec
over a deinstallation script is that you can use the "special
sequence expansion" to get at files regardless of where they've
.Cm @unexec
over a deinstallation script is that you can use the ``special
sequence expansion'' to get at files regardless of where they've
been potentially redirected (see
.B -p)
.TP
.BI "@mode\ " mode
.Fl p )
.It Cm @mode Ar mode
Sets default permission for all subsequently extracted files to
.I mode.
.Ar mode .
Format is the same as that used by the
.B chmod
.Cm chmod
command (well, considering that it's later handed off to it, that's
no surprise). Use without an arg to set back to default (extraction)
permissions.
.TP
.BI "@owner\ " user
.It Cm @owner Ar user
Sets default ownership for all subsequently extracted files to
.I user.
.Ar user .
Use without an arg to set back to default (extraction)
ownership.
.TP
.BI "@group\ " group
.It Cm @group Ar group
Sets default group ownership for all subsequently extracted files to
.I group.
.Ar group .
Use without an arg to set back to default (extraction)
group ownership.
.TP
.BI "@comment\ " string
.It Cm @comment Ar string
Imbed a comment in the packing list. Useful in
trying to document some particularly hairy sequence that
may trip someone up later.
.TP
.BI "@ignore\ " file
.It Cm @ignore
Used internally to tell extraction to ignore the next file (don't
copy it anywhere), as it's used for some special purpose. Also useful
if you want to pack some specialized datafiles in with a distribution
for your install script (or something) and want to have the installer
ignore it.
.TP
.BI "@name\ " name
copy it anywhere), as it's used for some special purpose.
.It Cm @ignore_inst
Similar to
.Cm @ignore ,
but the ignoring of the next file is delayed one evaluation cycle. This
makes it possible to use this directive in the
.Ar packinglist
file, so you can pack a
specialized datafile in with a distribution for your install script (or
something) yet have the installer ignore it.
.It Cm @name Ar name
Sets the name of the package. This is mandatory and is usually
put at the top. This name is potentially different than the name of
the file it came in, and is used when keeping track of the package
for later deinstallation. Note that
.B pkg_create
.Nm
will derive this field from the package name and add it automatically
if none is given.
.SH BUGS
Sure to be some.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR pkg_add "(" 1 "),"
.BR pkg_info "(" 1 "),"
.BR pkg_delete "(" 1 "),"
.SH AUTHORS
Jordan Hubbard
.It Cm @dirrm Ar name
Declare directory
.Pa name
to be deleted at deinstall time. By default, directories created by a
package installation are not deleted when the package is deinstalled;
this provides an explicit directory cleanup method. This directive
should appear at the end of the package list. If more than one
.Cm @dirrm
directives are used, the directories are removed in the order specified.
The
.Pa name
directory will not be removed unless it is empty.
.It Cm @mtree Ar name
Declare
.Pa name
as an
.Xr mtree 8
input file to be used at install time (see
.Fl m
above). Only the first
.Cm @mtree
directive is honored.
.It Cm @display Ar name
Declare
.Pa name
as the file to be displayed at install time (see
.Fl D
above).
.It Cm @pkgdep Ar pkgname
Declares a dependency on the
.Ar pkgname
package. The
.Ar pkgname
package must be installed before this package may be
installed, and this package must be deinstalled before the
.Ar pkgname
package is deinstalled. Multiple
.Cm @pkgdep
directives may be used if hte package depends on multiple other packages.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pkg_add 8 ,
.Xr pkg_info 1 ,
.Xr sysconf 3 ,
.Xr pkg_delete 8 .
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command first appeared in FreeBSD.
.Sh AUTHORS
.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
.It "Jordan Hubbard"
most of the work
.It "John Kohl"
refined it for NetBSD
.El
.Sh BUGS
Hard links between files in a distribution must be bracketed by
.Cm @cwd
directives in order to be preserved as hard links when the package is
extracted. They additionally must not end up being split between
.Cm tar
invocations due to exec argument-space limitations (this depends on the
value returned by
.Xr sysconf _SC_ARG_MAX ).
.Pp
Sure to be others.

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.\" Jordan K. Hubbard
.\"
.\"
.\" @(#)pkg_delete.1
.\" @(#)pkg_delete.8
.\"
.TH pkg_delete 1 "July 18, 1993" "" "FreeBSD"
.SH NAME
pkg_delete - a utility for deleting previously installed software package distributions.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.na
.B pkg_delete
.RB [options]
.RB "pkg-name\ [.. pkg-name]"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.Dd November 25, 1994
.Dt pkg_delete 8
.Os NetBSD 1.0
.Sh NAME
.Nm pkg_delete
.Nd a utility for deleting previously installed software package distributions.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl vDdnf
.Op Fl p Ar prefix
.Ar pkg-name ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.B pkg_delete
.Nm
command is used to delete packages that have been previously installed
with the
.B pkg_add
.Xr pkg_add 8
command.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.Sh WARNING
.Bf -emphasis
Since the
.Nm
command may execute scripts or programs provided by a package file,
your system may be susceptible to ``trojan horses'' or other subtle
attacks from miscreants who create dangerous package files.
.Pp
You are advised to verify the competence and identity of those who
provide installable package files. For extra protection, examine all
the package control files in the package record directory (
.Pa /var/db/pkg/<pkg-name>/ ).
Pay particular
attention to any +INSTALL, +DEINSTALL, +REQUIRE or +MTREE_DIRS files,
and inspect the +CONTENTS file for
.Cm @cwd ,
.Cm @mode
(check for setuid),
.Cm @dirrm ,
.Cm @exec ,
and
.Cm @unexec
directives, and/or use the
.Xr pkg_info 1
command to examine the installed package control files.
.Ef
.Sh OPTIONS
The following command line options are supported.
.TP
.B \-v
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Ar pkg-name ...
The named packages are deinstalled.
.It Fl v
Turns on verbose output.
.B "Optional."
.TP
.B \-D
If an de-installation script exists for a given package, do not execute it.
.B "Optional."
.TP
.B \-n
Don't actually de-install a package, just report the steps that
would be taken if it was.
.B "Optional."
.TP
.BI "\-p\ " prefix
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl D
If a deinstallation script exists for a given package, do not execute it.
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl n
Don't actually deinstall a package, just report the steps that
would be taken if it were.
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl p Ar prefix
Sets
.I prefix
.Ar prefix
as the directory in which to delete files from any installed packages
which do not explicitly set theirs.
.B "Optional."
.PP
.SH "TECHNICAL DETAILS"
.B
pkg_delete
does pretty much what it says. It looks for a package in /var/db/pkg
and sets about deleting the files that make up the package and, finally,
the record of the package itself.
.PP
which do not explicitly set theirs. For most packages, the prefix will
be set automatically to the installed location by
.Xr pkg_add 8 .
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl d
Remove empty directories created by file cleanup. By default, only
files/directories explicitly listed in a package's contents (either as
normal files/directories or with the
.Cm @dirrm
directive) will be removed at deinstallation time. This option tells
.Nm
to also remove any directories that were emptied as a result of removing
the package.
.Em "Optional."
.It Fl f
Force removal of the package, even if a dependency is recorded or the
deinstall or require script fails.
.Em "Optional."
.El
.Pp
.Sh TECHNICAL DETAILS
.Nm
does pretty much what it says. It examines installed package records in
.Pa /var/db/pkg/<pkg-name> ,
deletes the package contents, and finally removes the package records.
.Pp
If a package is required by other installed packages,
.Nm
will list those dependent packages and refuse to delete the package
(unless the
.Fl f
option is given).
.Pp
If the package contains a
.B require
.Ar require
file (see
.B pkg_create
), then this is executed first with the flags
.PP
.B <script>
.I pkg-name DEINSTALL
.PP
to see whether or not de-installation should continue (a non-zero exit
status means no).
.PP
.Xr pkg_create 8 ),
then this is executed first as
.Bd -filled -offset indent -compact
.Cm require
.Ar <pkg-name>
.Ar DEINSTALL
.Ed
(where
.Ar pkg-name
is the name of the package in question and
.I DEINSTALL
is a keyword denoting that this is a deinstallation)
to see whether or not deinstallation should continue. A non-zero exit
status means no, unless the
.Fl f
option is specified.
.Pp
If a
.B de-install
.Cm deinstall
script exists for the package, it is executed before any files are removed.
It is this script's responsibility to clean up any additional messy details
around the package's installation, since all
.B pkg_delete
.Nm
knows how to do is delete the files created in the original distribution.
The
.B de-install
script is called with the flags
.PP
.B <script>
.I pkg-name DEINSTALL
.PP
Where
.I pkg-name
is the name of the package in question and
.I DEINSTALL
is a keyword denoting that this is a deinstallation. Passing the keyword
.Nm deinstall
script is called as:
.Bd -filled -offset indent -compact
.Cm deinstall
.Ar <pkg-name>
.Ar DEINSTALL
.Ed
Passing the keyword
.Ar DEINSTALL
lets you potentially write only one program/script that handles all
aspects of installation and deletion.
.PP
.Pp
All scripts are called with the environment variable
.B PKG_PREFIX
.Ev PKG_PREFIX
set to the installation prefix (see the
.B -p
.Fl p
option above). This allows a package author to write a script
that reliably performs some action on the directory where the package
is installed, even if the user might have changed it by
.B -p
when
.B pkg_add
is installed, even if the user might have changed it by specifying the
.Fl p
option when running
.Nm
or
.B pkg_delete
is run.
.PP
.SH BUGS
.Cm pkg_add .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pkg_info 1 ,
.Xr mktemp 3 ,
.Xr mtree 8 ,
.Xr pkg_add 8 ,
.Xr pkg_create 8 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
.It "Jordan Hubbard"
most of the work
.It "John Kohl"
refined it for NetBSD
.El
.Sh BUGS
Sure to be some.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR pkg_create "(" 1 "),"
.BR pkg_info "(" 1 "),"
.BR pkg_add "(" 1 "),"
.SH AUTHORS
Jordan Hubbard

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.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mktemp 3 ,
.Xr mtree 8 ,
.Xr pkg_add 1 ,
.Xr pkg_create 1 ,
.Xr pkg_delete 1 .
.Xr pkg_add 8 ,
.Xr pkg_create 8 ,
.Xr pkg_delete 8 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
.It "Jordan Hubbard"

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@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ LIB= install
SRCS= file.c msg.c plist.c str.c exec.c global.c pen.c
CFLAGS+= ${DEBUG}
NOPROFILE= yes
NOPIC= yes
install:
@echo -n