Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:03:49 -0700 From: Tom Vilot <tom@vilot.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Oooooops: make deinstall Message-ID: <41CF6D85.6050704@vilot.com> In-Reply-To: <41CF69EA.6070002@mac.com> References: <41CF5C95.8060702@vilot.com> <41CF69EA.6070002@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger wrote: > > pkg_info, pkg_info -ag, pkg_info -ar (or pkg_info -aR, depending on > which way you want to see the dependencies). Those are very handy .... I guess, tho ... since make deinstall will "force remove" a package even if another package uses it, what I really want to do is something like: pkgdb -F ... see the first "failed" dependency ... .... go find the package and install it ... repeat. :c( Seems like the kind of thing that could be scripted .... > > If you created a /usr/ports/packages directory, portupgrade and such > will leave the precompiled binary packages you've created on your > system there. Ah! > > Otherwise, consult your backups. well, this isn't a production machine by any stretch .... so I didn't do backups :c)
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