Removing packages series

M0M0 · 07-14-2023, 12:03 PM

On Slackware 15.0, some package series, like y/, can be removed completely with

Code:

#slackpkg remove y

this, however, does not work for all package series, i.e.,

Code:

#slackpkg remove e

removes emacspeak but leaves emacs untouched. The extreme case is

Code:

#slackpkg remove k

which, according to the slackpkg's man page, should remove the Linux kernel source code, but echos

Quote:

Looking for k in package list. Please wait... DONE

The file(s) k can't be removed - package not installed.

Is this a bug or expected behavior?

marav · 07-14-2023, 04:46 PM

All of this works perfectly well in current
So, it seems that some adjustments have been made