In -current, pkg_add -u no longer advises file removal

Contributed by rueda on 2025-04-29 from the sifting-the-noise dept.

Klemens Nanni (kn@) committed a change removing misleading messages on package update:

CVSROOT:	/cvs
Module name:	src
Changes by:	kn@cvs.openbsd.org	2025/04/28 12:56:25

Modified files:
	usr.sbin/pkg_add/OpenBSD: Delete.pm 

Log message:
Stop advising to remove files on update

The following only make sense on for pkg_delete(1), yet pkg_add(1) prints
them as well, which is confusing at best and trips up way too many people:
"You should also run ..." (often "rm -rf /something/important*")
"You should also remove ..."

No longer print those when -u is used.
There may be some commands

"i like it" ian kirill
OK phessler kmos

Quieter and more accurate updates - what's not to like?

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