[cpackget] remove local packs

[ReinhardKeil]

Describe The Problem To Be Solved

I can install a pack from a repository using this command

But there is no way to remove this pack reference except manually changing the file ${CMSIS_PACK_ROOT}\Arm\Packs.Local/local_repository.pidx

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<index schemaVersion="1.1.0">
 <vendor>local repository</vendor>
 <url>C:/Users/reikei01/AppData/Local/Arm/Packs</url>
 <pindex>
#### remove this line
  <pdsc url="file://localhost/C:/w/alif_ensemble-cmsis-dfp/" vendor="AlifSemiconductor" name="Ensemble" version="2.1.0"></pdsc>
 </pindex>
</index>

Suggest A Solution

The command

cpackget rm  AlifSemiconductor::Ensemble@2.1.0-rc1

should remove the entry from the file local_repository.pidx

[jkrech]

The current implementation is symmetrical in the sense that you add a local repository specifying a pdsc file means that you also specify the pdsc file for removal from the local_repository.pidx

cpackget add <my_pack_pack>/myVendor.myPack.pdsc
cpackget rm <my_pack_pack>/myVendor.myPack.pdsc

But I agree that it is more convenient if the user does not need to specify the path to the pdsc file.

NOTE: You can use the list command to find the pdsc file, that is registered in the local_repository.pidx

cpackget list -f FVP
I: Listing installed packs, filtering by "FVP"
I: ARM::AVH_FVP@1.0.0-dev (installed via C:\projects\GitHub\AVH\ARM.AVH_FVP.pdsc)

Expectation:
After implementing this feature my expectation is that in case ARM::AVH_FPV@1.0.0-dev is installed as a pack and registered as a pdsc file, that the pack installation is deleted and the pdsc is removed from local_index.pidx at the same time when running:

  cpackget rm ARM::AVH_FVP@1.0.0-dev