Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:43:55 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@bart.nl> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_delete vs make deinstall Message-ID: <19991122144354.V22782@lucifer.bart.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911221322480.33699-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Mon, Nov 22, 1999 at 01:24:21PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911221322480.33699-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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-On [19991122 14:30], Jonathon McKitrick (jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) wrote: >What is the difference? I have a guess: make deinstall only works if >there is a deinstall target in the makefile, while pkg_delete will simply >erase all the files in the installation and remove it from the database, >correct? Almost. If I remember correctly: make deinstall simply uses pkg/PLIST to remove all the files and directories needed for the program. pkg_delete gets this info from /var/db/pkg/portname/+CONTENTS So there is a difference in how the two work. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Network- and systemadministrator <asmodai@bart.nl> bART Internet Services / Tel: +31 - (0) 10 - 240 39 70 VIA NET.WORKS Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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