Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 16:33:47 -0400 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Roop Nanuwa <roop.nanuwa@gmail.com> Cc: Chiang Seng Chang <cs@ctzen.com> Subject: Re: pkg_deinstall or pkg_delete Message-ID: <20040511203347.GB93670@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <75f3f705040510202240a5eae3@mail.gmail.com> References: <40A03E56.1000909@ctzen.com> <75f3f705040510202240a5eae3@mail.gmail.com>
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in message <75f3f705040510202240a5eae3@mail.gmail.com>, wrote Roop Nanuwa thusly... > > On Mon, 10 May 2004 22:45:42 -0400, Chiang Seng Chang > <cs@ctzen.com> wrote: > > > > What's the difference between pkg_deinstall and pkg_delete ? > > pkg_deinstall is a wrapper for pkg_delete that supports wildcards > and dependency recursion. Pkg_delete handles wildcards just fine. Or, is it just the partial port string, case sensitive, that it can handle? I do not have any ports to deinstall handy right now to test. > > If I use portinstall to install a port, which should I use to > > uninstall it ? > > If it's a single port that you want to delete on its own then > either will suffice. If you want to do a recursive uninstall or > delete multiple packages then you'll probably want to make use of > pkg_deinstall. Pkg_delete can delete ports given as a list just like it can delete single port; it, however, does not recurse like pkg_deinstall. I have not used pkg_deinstall to recursively ports much; I like pkg_delete better, more so in case of inconsistent state of installed dependencies. - Parv --
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