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cleanup from code review in 4.3 branch (#3347)
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keichwa authored Oct 2, 2024
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* A synchronized repository removes a package.
By default, {productname} 5.0 unlinks such package from the channel, but does not remove the package.
In {productname} 4.3, you can enable this behavior by using the [literal]``strict mode`` channel configuration.
By default, {productname} unlinks such a package from the channel, but does not remove the package.
* A repository supersedes a package with a newer version and thus removes the previous version.
* The reposync process got interrupted (for example, because of an out of space exception) and thus downloaded packages were not associated with a channel.
* Users manually uploaded packages, but did not associate them with any channel.

Orphaned packages cost space in user environment and cannot be easily distributed to clients because they are not associated with a channel.
Orphaned package can make sense with specific workflows like bootstrapping or customer-specific procedures.

You can view orphaned packages in the {webui} by clicking menu:Software[Manage > Packages > view Packages in no channel]
You can view orphaned packages in the {webui} by clicking menu:Software[Manage > Packages > view Packages in no channel].

{productname} periodically runs a Taskomatic job that searches for orphaned packages and modifies the package organization ID to 1.
This means that you can delete orphaned packages only after the Taskomatic job execution.
If you encounter an orphaned package that you cannot delete, wait 24 hours and try the deletion again.
{productname} periodically runs a taskomatic job that searches for orphaned packages and modifies the package organization ID to 1.
This means that you can delete orphaned packages only after the taskomatic job execution.
If you encounter an orphaned package that you cannot delete, wait 24 hours and try the deletion again.

// .Procedure: Deleting orphaned packages

You can deleted orphaned packages:
Delete orphaned packages:

// * With the UI (FIXME is this possible? How?

* with commandline tools targeting individual packages.
For example:
* with command line tools targeting individual packages; for example:
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spacecmd package_remove zypper-1.14.52-150400.1.9.x86_64
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* with commandline tools targeting all orphaned packages at once:
* with command line tools targeting all orphaned packages at once:
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