Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:21:38 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: update to linux_base-c6 Message-ID: <542B10D2.6040107@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409301408001.13201@wonkity.com> References: <mailman.53.1412078402.71686.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <op.xmz689gg0zw9qj@europa> <9e6b9502ba9292e68de94878bf405409@dweimer.net> <542ACB7E.4000206@hiwaay.net> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409301036310.68910@wonkity.com> <542B00E2.8030609@hiwaay.net> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409301408001.13201@wonkity.com>
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On 09/30/14 15:12, Warren Block wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2014, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>
>> On 09/30/14 11:37, Warren Block wrote:
>>> On Tue, 30 Sep 2014, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>>>
>>>> I will be following the same upgrade path, & as a guaranteed noob,
>>>> I have a question about step 1 above. I noticed no
>>>> clean/clear/remove entries in /usr/ports/Makefile, what do I do,
>>>> just 'rm -fr' the offending directory ?
>>>
>>> No, never do that. Let pkg manage those files, that is what it does.
>>>
>>> pkg delete -f linux_base-f10 linux-f10-\*
>>>
>>
>>
>> I'm talking about the ports versions, particularly the flash plugin,
>> which is handled by ports, not pkg ....
>
> pkg is responsible for installing and deinstalling ports (which are,
> after they have been built, packages).
>
> If you mean directories like /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f10, that
> is handled by whatever tool is used to update the ports tree, svn or
> portsnap.
>
Hmmmmm .... OK .... Remember, *noob*, *noob*, *noob* !!!!
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William A. Mahaffey III
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