Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:29:20 -0400 From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@verizon.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Struggling to remove package. Message-ID: <gsaan3$i4u$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <49E86CFE.6060408@gmail.com>
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Brent Clark wrote: > Hiya > > I seem to be struggling with removing a perl bsdpan package. > > I tried: > > # pkg_delete bsdpan-IO-stringy-2.110 > > But I get > > pkg_delete: package 'bsdpan-IO-stringy-2.110' doesn't have a prefix > > I even went to ~/.cpan/build/IO-stringy-2.110-SFns8F/ and ran > # make uninstall > > and this is that I got. > > Uninstall is unsafe and deprecated, the uninstallation was not performed. > We will show what would have been done. > > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/man/man3/IO::AtomicFile.3 > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/man/man3/IO::InnerFile.3 > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/man/man3/IO::Lines.3 > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/man/man3/IO::Scalar.3 > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/man/man3/IO::ScalarArray.3 > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/man/man3/IO::Stringy.3 > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/man/man3/IO::Wrap.3 > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/man/man3/IO::WrapTie.3 > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/IO/AtomicFile.pm > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/IO/InnerFile.pm > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/IO/Lines.pm > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/IO/Scalar.pm > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/IO/ScalarArray.pm > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/IO/Stringy.pm > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/IO/Wrap.pm > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/IO/WrapTie.pm > unlink /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/mach/auto/IO/Stringy/.packlist > > Uninstall is unsafe and deprecated, the uninstallation was not performed. > Please check the list above carefully, there may be errors. > Remove the appropriate files manually. > Sorry for the inconvenience. > > ------------------------------ > > If anyone can assist, I would be most grateful. > In theory the ports system should allow you to delete it if it was installed and registered properly. Maybe a shortcoming of this particular port. This may be of interest: http://opensourceexperiments.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/how-to-uninstall-a- cpan-module/ -Mike
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