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From: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>
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Subject: Best way to exterminate a port
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Is there an easy way to "rip out by the roots" a botched
port install and start over, including re-doing all the
configuration dialogs of the port and its dependencies?

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska