Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:53:35 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: usleepless@gmail.com Cc: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: which is the better way...? Message-ID: <b79ecaef0912020753u7d2d6bdcp9ff9b913de4f6e4d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <c39ec84c0912020738r156730abva733e2dce24a158f@mail.gmail.com> References: <20091202071508.GA1869@thought.org> <c39ec84c0912020738r156730abva733e2dce24a158f@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/12/2 <usleepless@gmail.com>: > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > >> >> it is better to pkg_delete OOo-301 or just cd to /usr/local and >> /bin/rm -r it from there? =A0this 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 syn= c. > Very nifty. [chris@amnesiac]~% sudo rm -rf / rm: "/" may not be removed [chris@amnesiac]~% Gutted! I'll have to use pkg_*... Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?
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