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Date:      Thu, 4 Nov 1999 21:44:23 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: linux package mgmt in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911042140160.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911050435530.86726-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:

> I'm thinking of installing a free office suite for linux.  The .tgz file
> installs directly to bin, usr, doc, share, etc.  Is there any easy way to
> keep track of this so it can be uninstalled later?  This isn't an RPM
> obviously, nor is it a port that can be removed with pkg_delete.

tar tzf file.tgz > pkg_list

--later--

sh -c 'while read i ; do rm $i ; done'  < pkg_list

?

-Alfred (who's sure there's a better way)



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