Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 19:07:29 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports update Message-ID: <15016.11473.600954.189481@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <71534002@toto.iv>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> types: > If you want to purge libtool-1.3.4, remove it with pkg_delete, and > reinstall libtool-1.3.4_2. You may not be able to do this cleanly, > though... The only way to force a package removal that has dependencies > to satisfy is to hack away at /var/db/pkg, which is not a clean > solution. No, a *much* better way is to use "pkg_delete -f". It's still not clean, but its much better than hacking at /var/db/pkg. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?15016.11473.600954.189481>