From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 19 04:36:17 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5074D16A4CE for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 04:36:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lakermmtao02.cox.net (lakermmtao02.cox.net [68.230.240.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDB6243D31 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 04:36:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from mezz.mezzweb.com ([68.103.32.140]) by lakermmtao02.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-117-20041022) with ESMTP id <20050119043616.OVPI2202.lakermmtao02.cox.net@mezz.mezzweb.com>; Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:36:16 -0500 Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:37:12 -0600 To: "Jason Trickett" References: <41EDD37C.2070801@cogeco.ca> <200501181929.40604.ringworm@inbox.lv> <41EDE025.3040006@cogeco.ca> From: "Jeremy Messenger" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <41EDE025.3040006@cogeco.ca> User-Agent: Opera M2/7.54u1 (Linux, build 892) cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to start over with respect to ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 04:36:17 -0000 On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:20:53 -0500, Jason Trickett wrote: > > Michael C. Shultz said the following on 1/18/2005 10:29 PM: > >> On Tuesday 18 January 2005 07:26 pm, Jason Trickett wrote: >> >>> I just want reset my ports and delete any that were built so far. Do >>> I have to do it individually, or (hopefully) all at once. I want to >>> go back to just using packages until I am more comfortable using the >>> ports system. If answering please provide a detailed, easy-to-follow >>> answer. I'd rather not have to reinstall the whole thing. Thanks. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> >> pkg_delete -f * will probably work for you. >> >> -Mike >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > Won't this get rid of binary packages too? Yes, it will remove any packages and ports. > I want to keep my gnome system et al. - I just want to get rid of any > port(s) that I ended up compiling/installing. It's impossible to do something like this beside manual by hand. port and package register in database in the same way. Cheers, Mezz -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org