 @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: pkg_delete.1,v 1.26 2010/01/22 13:30:41 joerg Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: pkg_delete.1,v 1.27 2010/02/24 21:11:27 wiz Exp $
 .\"
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 .\" of non-core utilities.
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 @@ -16,52 +16,47 @@
 .\"
 .\"
 .\"     from FreeBSD: @(#)pkg_delete.1
 .\"
 .Dd January 20, 2010
 .Dt PKG_DELETE 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm pkg_delete
 .Nd a utility for deleting previously installed software package distributions
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Op Fl ADFfkNnORrVv
 .Bk -words
 .Op Fl K Ar pkg_dbdir
 .Ek
 .Bk -words
 .Op Fl P Ar destdir
 .Op Fl p Ar prefix
 .Ek
 .Ar pkg-name ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
 command is used to delete packages that have been previously installed
 with the
 .Xr pkg_add 1
 command.
-The given packages are sorted, so that the dependencies of a package
+The given packages are sorted, so that the dependencies needed by a
-are deleted after the package.
+package are deleted after the package.
 Before any action is executed,
 .Nm
 checks for packages that are marked as
 .Cm preserved
 or have depending packages left.
 If the
 .Fl k
-flag is given, preserved packages are removed from the list of packages
+flag is given, preserved packages are skipped and not removed.
 to remove.
 Unless the
 .Fl f
 flag is given,
 .Nm
 stops on the first error.
 .Sh WARNING
 .Bf -emphasis
 Since the
 .Nm
 command may execute scripts or programs provided by a package file,
 your system may be susceptible to
 .Dq Trojan horses
 or other subtle
 @@ -104,76 +99,80 @@ If the
 flag is given, one or more (absolute) filenames may be specified and
 the Package Database will be consulted for the package to which the
 given file belongs.
 These packages are then deinstalled.
 .It Fl A
 Recursively remove all automatically installed packages that were needed
 by the given packages and are no longer required.
 See also the
 .Fl R
 flag.
 .It Fl D
 If a deinstallation script exists for a given package, do not execute it.
 .It Fl F
-Any pkg-name given will be interpreted as pathname which is
+Any
 .Ar pkg-name
 given will be interpreted as pathname which is
 subsequently transformed in a (real) package name via the Package
 Database.
 That way, packages can be deleted by giving a filename
 instead of the package-name.
 .It Fl f
 Force removal of the package, even if a dependency is recorded or the
 deinstall script fails.
 .It Fl ff
 Force removal of the package, even if the package is marked as a
 .Cm preserved
 package.
 Note that this is a dangerous operation.
 See also the
 .Fl k
 option.
 .It Fl K Ar pkg_dbdir
 Override the value of the
 .Dv PKG_DBDIR
 configuration option with the value
 .Ar pkg_dbdir .
 .It Fl k
 Silently skip all packages that are marked as
 .Cm preserved .
 .It Fl N
 Remove the package's registration and its entries from the package database,
 but leave the files installed.
-Don't run any deinstall scripts or @unexec lines either.
+Don't run any deinstall scripts or
 .Cm @unexec
 lines either.
 .It Fl n
 Don't actually deinstall a package, just report the steps that
-would be taken if it were.
+would be taken.
 .It Fl O
-Only delete the package's entries from the package database, do not
+Only delete the package's entries from the package database; do not
 touch the package or its files itself.
-.It Fl p Ar destdir
+.It Fl P Ar destdir
 Prefix all file and directory names with
 .Ar destdir .
 For packages without install scripts this has the same behavior as
 using chroot.
 .It Fl p Ar prefix
 Set
 .Ar prefix
 as the directory in which to delete files from any installed packages
 which do not explicitly set theirs.
 For most packages, the prefix will
 be set automatically to the installed location by
 .Xr pkg_add 1 .
 .It Fl R
 Recursively remove all packages that were needed by the given packages
-and that have no other dependencies left.
+and are no longer required, even if they were installed manually.
 This option overrides the
 .Fl A
 flag.
 .It Fl r
 Recursively remove all packages that require one of the packages given.
 .It Fl V
 Print version number and exit.
 .It Fl v
 Turn on verbose output.
 .El
 .Sh TECHNICAL DETAILS
 .Nm
 does pretty much what it says.
 @@ -188,28 +187,29 @@ will list those dependent packages and r
 .Fl f
 option is given).
 .Pp
 If a package has been marked as a
 .Cm preserved
 package, it will not be able to be deleted
 (unless more than one occurrence of the
 .Fl f
 option is given).
 .Pp
 If a filename is given instead of a package name, the package of which
 the given file belongs to can be deleted if the
 .Fl F
-Flag is given.
+flag is given.
-The filename needs to be absolute, see the output produced by the pkg_info
+The filename needs to be absolute, see the output produced by the
 .Xr pkg_info 1
 .Fl aF
 command.
 .Pp
 If a
 .Cm deinstall
 script exists for the package, it is executed before and after
 any files are removed.
 It is this script's responsibility to clean up any additional messy details
 around the package's installation, since all
 .Nm
 knows how to do is delete the files created in the original distribution.
 The
 .Ic deinstall
 @@ -224,27 +224,27 @@ before removing the package from a view,
 .Cm deinstall
 .Aq Ar pkg-name
 .Ar DEINSTALL
 .Ed
 before deleting all files and as:
 .Bd -filled -offset indent -compact
 .Cm deinstall
 .Aq Ar pkg-name
 .Ar POST-DEINSTALL
 .Ed
 after deleting them.
 Passing the keywords
 .Ar VIEW-DEINSTALL ,
-.Ar DEINSTALL
+.Ar DEINSTALL ,
 and
 .Ar POST-DEINSTALL
 lets you potentially write only one program/script that handles all
 aspects of installation and deletion.
 .Pp
 All scripts are called with the environment variable
 .Ev PKG_PREFIX
 set to the installation prefix (see the
 .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 specifying the