Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:07:55 +1000 From: Mikhail Goriachev <mikhailg@webanoide.org> To: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Cc: Jon Falconer <jfalconer@puc.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: difference between deinstall and pkg_delete? Message-ID: <4484108B.9000302@webanoide.org> In-Reply-To: <200606050111.30606.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> References: <Pine.BSI.4.05L.10606011103000.6635-100000@ecf2.puc.edu> <447FEE79.2040004@webanoide.org> <200606050111.30606.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
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RW wrote: > On Friday 02 June 2006 08:53, Mikhail Goriachev wrote: >> Jon Falconer wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I see in the man page for ports the following: >>> >>> reinstall Use this to restore a port after using >>> pkg_delete(1) when you should have used deinstall. >>> >>> So I'm wondering what is the difference between pkg_delete and using >>> "make deinstall" from within the ports directory? What does "make >>> deinstall" do that pkg_delete does not do? What does pkg_delete do that >>> "make deinstall" does not do? >> Hi, >> >> This will point you in the right direction: >> >> http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-29467.html > > Actually I think that points in wrong direction. There is a lot of > misinformation about this that is repeated ad-nauseum. > > Most ports use the standard deinstall target which calls pkg_delete; there is > only one port in the whole tree that defines it own deinstall target, and > that one installs its own versions of the pkg_* utilities. > > The port system uses a series of cookie files to keep track of what has been > done. For example if you type "make && make" the port will only build once, > because the first make sets the "build cookie". There is also an Install > cookie which leads to a problem when you go through the sequence > > make install > pkg_delete > make install > > because pkg_delete doesn't know about the port cookies. The deinstall and > reinstall targets both delete the cookie and so using one or the other avoids > the problem. > > In practice this is virtually a non-issue since most people, and all build > tools, will do a make clean at some point in the sequence. Right, so pkg_deinstall is the way to go then, isn't? Logically, there is a difference between pkg_delete and pkg_deinstall. Personally, I use the latter. Cheers, Mikhail. -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: mikhailg@webanoide.org Web: http://www.webanoide.org PGP Key ID: 0x4E148A3B PGP Key Fingerprint: D96B 7C14 79A5 8824 B99D 9562 F50E 2F5D 4E14 8A3B
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