Uninstall non-active packages

[Joshua Root]

Bart Masschelein wrote:
> 
> On 07 Dec 2008, at 23:30, Joshua Root wrote:
> 
>> Bart Masschelein wrote:
>>> Small side-question: why is 'inactive' not available from the
>>> interactive console?
>>
>> I just tested, and it works in interactive mode. Note that 'inactive'
>> specifies a set of ports, it's not an action. So to see the list of
>> inactive ports, you'd use "port echo inactive".
> 
> Right. But isn't the same true for 'installed', and this works without
> echo. You get different formatting, though.

Yes, 'installed' has the dubious distinction of being both an action and
a pseudo-port. For historical reasons.

- Josh