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Date:      Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:57:33 -0700
From:      Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
To:        fullermd@futuresouth.com
Cc:        jkh@osd.bsdi.com, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, kris@obsecurity.org, cjohnson@palomine.net, nitronarc@foresightone.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: difficulty uninstalling ports
Message-ID:  <20010713105733I.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010713002151.B84770@futuresouth.com>
References:  <200107130107.f6D17T001905@mass.dis.org> <20010712215240A.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <20010713002151.B84770@futuresouth.com>

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Boy, life would be easier if folks would just read the man pages. :-)

     -G      Do not try to expand shell glob patterns in the pkg-name when
             selecting packages to be deleted (by default pkg_delete automati-
             cally expands shell glob patterns in the pkg-name).

From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
Subject: Re: difficulty uninstalling ports
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 00:21:51 -0500

> On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 09:52:40PM -0700, a little birdie told me
> that Jordan Hubbard remarked
> > And, as I'm sure others have pointed out by now, it's even easier
> > to do this with the -a flag. :)
> > 
> > Of course, since pkg_delete also supports globbing now, one assumes
> > 'pkg_delete *' from *any* directory would also work.
> 
> pkg_delete supports globbing?
> Last I saw (and submitted patches for, as I recall) the shell does all
> the globbing, pkg_delete is just smart enough to do some trimming on
> absolute paths to find the package name.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Matthew Fuller     (MF4839)     |    fullermd@over-yonder.net
> Unix Systems Administrator      |    fullermd@futuresouth.com
> Specializing in FreeBSD         |    http://www.over-yonder.net/
> 
> "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I
>       haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"

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