From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jan 15 10:09:45 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA17498 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:09:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hp9000.chc-chimes.com (hp9000.chc-chimes.com [206.67.97.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA17488 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:09:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost by hp9000.chc-chimes.com with SMTP (1.39.111.2/16.2) id AA176072696; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 07:18:16 -0500 Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 07:18:16 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola To: Jesse Cc: Roger Marquis , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PATCH for Apache: Add FreeBSD Server Layout In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Jesse wrote: > No, it is not. Then, if I want to delete and reinstall a program, instead > of doing a nice rm -rf /usr/local/program, I have to figure out what files > come from what programs ,where they are, and manually pick them out. A > sysadmins' nightmare. (cd /usr/ports/category/portname && make deinstall) or (cd /usr/ports/category/portname && make reinstall) That was too tough for me. > Now, imagine doing any of those things with all your files scattered all > over multiple directories, especially when you start coming across some > files which you're not whether they below to that program or not. I'm going to repeat myself from my last post. This is why ports have packing lists, so you know exactly who installed what. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message