From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 22 14:16:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93A9F1065673 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:16:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richard.delaurell@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f171.google.com (mail-ew0-f171.google.com [209.85.219.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3E438FC1D for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:16:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richard.delaurell@gmail.com) Received: by ewy19 with SMTP id 19so2677765ewy.43 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:16:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=Ib2uPTnO3g5iVQ1mQt0XwEkJ1639tg/RAziTnuSRr2A=; b=HYnlq3uWhsHBrbNpHh76FRXTDFSXgsNKgv1PSXnTb3PchW1gWAdy78PyF0kusHoGvR fGHuiyavZ/a4dzdK/Hw14EbQ5paV3XkFautN5zMzxgMUfMvmyGaPiVvsKYBXgywdIxxh JWtT5SJzh0ZGGo4M9xb1L4X3s5h9In5KdbKH8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=haAyIzEHDSWE7ZzACzcmshR+lnkrTj0BilIsVXgw83Rv2Vdrs78LmSkjkCXJH4w43N WyuLj3dnyndm3tPduObzVWt2YYPHy1YcMn7YVCakG8BFG7cBg31nguFbW5aWX7KPFhOV wDBNVsMIWe9kkZPnhSAGON30Y2XBdG2rmqfcI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.130.13 with SMTP id c13mr6346766ebd.21.1240409782955; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:16:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:16:22 -0500 Message-ID: <4324dbec0904220716l6f3f0108td4a67dc58f46e10d@mail.gmail.com> From: Richard DeLaurell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: "unable to completely remove directory" during deinstall X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:16:24 -0000 This is undoubtedly a very "newbie" question, but I have seen this type of error a few times recently: pkg_delete: unable to completely remove directory '/directory.name' pkg_delete: couldn't entirely delete package (perhaps the packing list is incorrectly specified?) It occurs at the end of a "deinstall" as a matter of updating a port "by hand". What is the proper procedure to correct this? Run "pkgdb -F"? Rm the offending files/dirs by hand? Both? The updated packages seem to run okay afterward if I ignore these errors; however, I am certain that they are really just swept under the carpet for the time being and will reemerge in the future (at a moment of maximum inconvenience no doubt). Also, is "make deinstall" the same as "uninstall"? Sorry, I guess I had two newbie questions. Thanks for your help. Richard