From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 2 15:53:57 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 80EF91065694 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:53:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC4588FC1C for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:53:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so301638bwz.3 for ; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:53:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=X9neuQbt2k7piLmx5LHdbrP2i0YdGQgR6Z+kd9IBb3Y=; b=KP//15TeJiz1rAhVr/AAZn5+KQcYLwEc+0x+5DZc5pB+aJTQXS3YJmwXFwzUavgMCR rrkiJQv1rVh+g6TnRUGcT4j232NF0UCby0KCMvLw1uiXRtcWftNAyJFdIRAlI9ePKFQi nT8fHrj7DMLJZMMyKV6PNpP4V9K2ZSuc0cdq4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Tbs6PZIe/D6myGMbY1XtlYwlzB0dQT+sAyuPm6wMRi3ShmPK6eKYclNU1NPa6pLLTw rIb2yK95M+f+pwnBw6bOpdhe4n92hvZ6ODyv/Q/nc6O0YBeyN4Om7gYyYJvVNW2htflU XKoCsJRVpSN9dpqkETFESDtpgzLjzvNsCRBjY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.29.18 with SMTP id o18mr334056bkc.39.1259769235253; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:53:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20091202071508.GA1869@thought.org> From: Chris Rees Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:53:35 +0000 Message-ID: To: usleepless@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: which is the better way...? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:53:57 -0000 2009/12/2 : > 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? =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?