From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 2 15:38:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94ACF106568F for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:38:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from usleepless@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f218.google.com (mail-fx0-f218.google.com [209.85.220.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 217FB8FC24 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:38:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm10 with SMTP id 10so353847fxm.34 for ; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:38:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=U3LM7Vs2N3IKSMzy4UM0Fr9HqPQiLstPoVZPH6vgAT0=; b=kZAikuPtiWmo99b2wzYgp63N5+iAMYq2dwzQXeEe0bK96crcLsXuB12kbOtmiBlRkF viJKt/OEhFcNe/sy6eTMiOCnDACFdQHaTZWko/qHnAiX1VQQnkQ8Ehtm6LGVfyCFa2pk 4soiJJ92Y4GGgDUJpn2dQZhbnbKdIya2DEOM8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=Mm9TuQzcDZQuAL3Wq92HUmObUnrLxpxqUwn8tQRj5nx1xqfMdpnBWtHWISa6Oq/0HY 4POUl7hNlT4ipWwGRLg/rQTF/16ixaTk0xu9INrT79TerZ4TxheeB4vkunu0KN61m5HG dhzimrgjNVt2nR/Xc11aIU9LmFVDiQWN9HRu4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.102.177.33 with SMTP id z33mr100703mue.87.1259768298834; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:38:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20091202071508.GA1869@thought.org> References: <20091202071508.GA1869@thought.org> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:38:18 +0100 Message-ID: From: usleepless@gmail.com To: Gary Kline Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: which is the better way...? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:38:20 -0000 On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Gary Kline wrote: > > it is better to pkg_delete OOo-301 or just cd to /usr/local and > /bin/rm -r it from there? this time i'll make a not of the preferred > way of cleaning out the old stuff.. > > Early this century I started removing packages by issuing "sudo rm -rf /". Works like a charm. Have been doing it ever since. Also, it keeps the package database ( /var/db/pkg ) and the optional port directories in sync. Very nifty. And there is no need for tedious use of "make deinstall" or "make clean" ( the horror! ). Furthermore the method is true to the Unix-philosophy of KISS: all of this package management sjizzle is pure futuristic bloatware that keeps you away from what Unix truely stands for. There is a "third" way too: recently it was brought to my attention that Chuck Norris NEVER deletes packages: he just shoots them. YMMV ofcourse, kind regards, usleep > -- > Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service > Unix > http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org > The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >