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mechanism. To determine if there are any known		mechanism. To determine if there are any known
vulnerabilities for the software installed on the system,		vulnerabilities for the software installed on the system,
run:</para>		run:</para>

<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg audit -F</userinput></screen>		<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg audit -F</userinput></screen>
</sect2>		</sect2>

<sect2 xml:id="pkgng-autoremove">		<sect2 xml:id="pkgng-autoremove">
<title>Automatically Removing Leaf Dependencies</title>		<title>Automatically Removing Unused Packages</title>

<para>Removing a package may leave behind dependencies which		<para>Removing a package may leave behind dependencies which
are no longer required. Unneeded packages that were installed		are no longer required. Unneeded packages that were installed
as dependencies can be automatically detected and removed		as dependencies (leaf packages) can be automatically detected
using:</para>		and removed using:</para>

<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg autoremove</userinput>		<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg autoremove</userinput>
Packages to be autoremoved:		Packages to be autoremoved:
ca_root_nss-3.15.1_1		ca_root_nss-3.15.1_1

The autoremoval will free 723 kB		The autoremoval will free 723 kB

Proceed with autoremoval of packages [y/N]: <userinput>y</userinput>		Proceed with autoremoval of packages [y/N]: <userinput>y</userinput>
Deinstalling ca_root_nss-3.15.1_1... done</screen>		Deinstalling ca_root_nss-3.15.1_1... done</screen>

		<para>Packages installed as dependencies are
		called <emphasis>automatic</emphasis> packages. Non-automatic
		packages, i.e the packages that were explicity installed not
		as a dependency to another package, can be listed
		using:</para>

		<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg prime-list</userinput>
		nginx
		openvpn
		sudo</screen>

		<para><command>pkg prime-list</command> is an alias command
		declared in <filename>/usr/local/etc/pkg.conf</filename>.
		There are many others that can be used to query the package
		database of the system. For instance, command
		<command>pkg prime-origins</command> can be used to get the
		origin port directory of the list mentioned above:</para>

		<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg prime-origins</userinput>
		www/nginx
		security/openvpn
		security/sudo</screen>

		<para>This list can be used to rebuild all packages
		installed on a system using build tools such as <package>
		ports-mgmt/poudriere</package> or <package>
		ports-mgmt/synth</package>.</para>

		<para>Marking an installed package as automatic can be
		done using:</para>

		<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg set -A 1 devel/cmake</userinput></screen>

		<para>Once a package is a leaf package and is marked
		as automatic, it gets selected by
		<command>pkg autoremove</command>.</para>

		<para>Marking an installed package as <emphasis>not</emphasis>
		automatic can be done using:</para>

		<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg set -A 0 devel/cmake</userinput></screen>

</sect2>		</sect2>

<sect2 xml:id="pkgng-backup">		<sect2 xml:id="pkgng-backup">
<title>Restoring the Package Database</title>		<title>Restoring the Package Database</title>

<para>Unlike the traditional package management system,		<para>Unlike the traditional package management system,
<application>pkg</application> includes its own package		<application>pkg</application> includes its own package
database backup mechanism. This functionality is enabled by		database backup mechanism. This functionality is enabled by
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