Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 13:50:32 -0700 From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@scotty.masternet.it> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Message-ID: <37EE8718.ED6092FD@gorean.org> References: <4.2.0.58.19990926090211.009e0dd0@194.184.65.4>
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Gianmarco Giovannelli wrote:
>
> At 26/09/99, you wrote:
> >The second script is called "pkg_rm"; it can be used to delete
> >packages like pkg_delete, but you can use arguments in the same
> >way as for pkg_ls above (i.e. "pkg_rm lynx"). Think of it like
> >pkg_info | grep | pkg_delete.
> >
> >It might more sense to implement these features in pkg_info and
> >pkg_delete, resprectively, but I don't have the time to do that
> >(and these scripts work fine, so I have no incentive to bother
> >with the C sources of pkg_{info,delete}).
>
> What about to extend the pkg_delete to use a syntax like :
>
> pkg_delete /var/db/pkg/netscape-communicator-4.61/
A hearty "Me too" for this option. It's something I've often wished
for. I can 'cd /var/db/pkg' a lot easier than I can reprogram zsh, but
it'd still be nice to have this option.
Thanks,
Doug
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