Re: In pkgdb which field records whether a package is manually installed

To: pkgsrc-users <pkgsrc-users%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: In pkgdb which field records whether a package is manually installed
From: Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%joyent.com@localhost>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 18:39:28 +0100

* On 2022-07-16 at 17:37 BST, Mayuresh wrote:

Is the information that whether a package was manually installed or got
installed as a dependency captured in some field and which field is it?


If there is an +INSTALLED_INFO file that contains

  automatic=yes

then the package was pulled in as a dependency for something else.

--
Jonathan Perkin  -  Joyent, Inc.  -  www.joyent.com

References:
- In pkgdb which field records whether a package is manually installed
  - From: Mayuresh

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