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Date:      Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:10:36 +0100
From:      RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: difference between deinstall and pkg_delete?
Message-ID:  <200606051710.37244.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060605153710.GE21463@rescomp.berkeley.edu>
References:  <Pine.BSI.4.05L.10606011103000.6635-100000@ecf2.puc.edu> <20060605153710.GE21463@rescomp.berkeley.edu>

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On Monday 05 June 2006 16:37, Ian A. Tegebo wrote:

>  I'm not sure what the man page author meant
> by
> 	Use this to restore a port after using pkg_delete(1)
>         when you should have used deinstall.
>
> Can someone with more experience give examples that might clarify the
> situation?

It's to do with the cookie. Read back through the thread, I've already given 
an example.



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