Uninstall non-active packages

[Bart Masschelein]

On 07 Dec 2008, at 23:46, Joshua Root wrote:

> 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.

Add 'outdated' to this dubious list :-).

Never mind.

Bart