Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 10:37:25 +1100 From: raf <freebsd@raf.org> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remove a port without removing files Message-ID: <YV4zNZorPVHVtFw4@raf.org> In-Reply-To: <YVzzcfG20x7gVGvu@raf.org> References: <199845d7-2be0-f572-b6f5-78a2d51562bb@nethead.se> <YVzzcfG20x7gVGvu@raf.org>
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On Wed, Oct 06, 2021 at 11:53:05AM +1100, raf <freebsd@raf.org> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 05, 2021 at 07:03:30PM +0200, Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se> wrote: > > > As the subject says, I need to remove a port so pkg etc does not care about > > it, but keeping all the ports files intact. > > > > Thanks, > > Per > > Something like this might do what you want: > > cd / > sudo tar czf /tmp/PORTNAME.tar.gz `port contents PORTNAME | grep -v 'Port.*contains:'` > port uninstall PORTNAME > sudo tar xzf /tmp/PORTNAME.tar.gz > rm /tmp/PORTNAME.tar.gz Apologies. I thought this was for the macports list. cheers, raf
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