API Change: Add a simple "pkg_autoremove" action for the sysadm/pkg subsystem (no additional inputs). This will queue up the pkg autoremove action which prunes all orphaned packages on the systems.

src/server/WebBackend.cpp

@@ -797,6 +797,8 @@ RestOutputStruct::ExitCode WebSocket::EvaluateSysadmPkgRequest(const QJsonValue
     out->insert("pkg_upgrade", sysadm::PKG::pkg_upgrade());
   }else if(act=="pkg_audit"){
     out->insert("pkg_audit", sysadm::PKG::pkg_audit());
+  }else if(act=="pkg_autoremove"){
+    out->insert("pkg_autoremove", sysadm::PKG::pkg_autoremove());
   }else{
     //unknown action
     return RestOutputStruct::BADREQUEST;

src/server/library/sysadm-pkg.cpp

@@ -440,3 +440,17 @@ QJsonObject PKG::pkg_audit(){
     obj.insert("proc_id",ID);
   return obj;	
 }
+
+QJsonObject PKG::pkg_autoremove(){
+  //Generate the command to run
+  QString cmd = "pkg autoremove -y";
+  //Now kick off the dispatcher process (within the pkg queue - since only one pkg process can run at a time)
+  QString ID = "sysadm_pkg_autoremove-"+QUuid::createUuid().toString(); //create a random tag for the process
+  DISPATCHER->queueProcess(Dispatcher::PKG_QUEUE, ID, cmd);
+  //Now return the info about the process
+  QJsonObject obj;
+    obj.insert("status", "pending");
+    obj.insert("proc_cmd",cmd);
+    obj.insert("proc_id",ID);
+  return obj;	
+}

src/server/library/sysadm-pkg.h

@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ public:
 	static QJsonObject pkg_check_upgrade();			//Check for updates to pkgs
 	static QJsonObject pkg_upgrade(); 				//upgrade all pkgs (use sysadm/updates if possible instead)
 	static QJsonObject pkg_audit();					//List details of vulnerable packages
+	static QJsonObject pkg_autoremove();			//Autoremove orphaned packages
 	
 };
 	
 } //end of sysadm namespace
 
-#endif
+#endif