Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 15:06:46 +0100 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pkg_delete vs make deinstall Message-ID: <38394DF6.489431C8@scc.nl> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911221322480.33699-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, <19991122144354.V22782@lucifer.bart.nl>
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Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote:
>
> -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?
> 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.
From /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk:
.if !target(deinstall)
deinstall:
@${ECHO_MSG} "===> Deinstalling for ${PKGNAME}"
@${PKG_DELETE} -f ${PKGNAME}
@${RM} -f ${INSTALL_COOKIE} ${PACKAGE_COOKIE}
.endif
The *default* behaviour of 'make deinstall' is to use pkg_delete...
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