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Subject: Re: Portmaster 3.1 upgrade
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On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 14:59, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote:
> Which is why I mentioned the "more safe" alternative, which you
> snipped out of your reply:
> =A0pkg_delete -xif portmaster
>
> Note the extra "i" in the middle, which makes the pkg_delete call
> interactive, showing the package name to be deleted, and asking the
> user whether that's the correct package to be deleted.

In the same vein, why suggest -f ? Looking at the man page, it seems
multiple packages can be listed (ie pkg_delete -f portmaster \*) so if
someone mistypes, it greatly increases the damage. I don't think
anything depends on portmaster so its not really necessary.

--=20
Rob Farmer