Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 18:07:30 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: generic@unitedtamers.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make deinstall? Message-ID: <20000702.18073000@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <20000702181831.A32532@physics.iisc.ernet.in> References: <395F2C3F.CCDAB6E1@unitedtamers.com> <20000702.13074800@bartequi.ottodomain.org> <20000702181831.A32532@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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> To me, make deinstall seems to work if the ports collection (and that > specific port) hasn't been updated in the meantime. Quite right.=20 > Otherwise, look into the /var/db/pkg directory for your program, > and type pkg_delete <full package name including version> > That seems to work generally. I've heard that make deinstall actually= > calls pkg_delete. > Rahul. Or use 'pkg_info [| grep <package name>]' to find the package(s);=20 also, the "-f" (ie force) flag of pkg_delete may be necessary.=20 My "old" letter is found in the -questions archives: "Updating=20 software from the ports-collection". As to 'make deinstall' calling "pkg_delete -f" (which command affects=20 the updated port/package), there was yet another thread few months=20 ago, in which (wait for it) I was directly involved :-) Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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