From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Dec  2 19:45:34 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
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 40FDC1065670
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Wed,  2 Dec 2009 19:45:34 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from kline@thought.org)
Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00AEB8FC12
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Wed,  2 Dec 2009 19:45:33 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250])
	(authenticated bits=0)
	by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nB2JitAv013077
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:44:55 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from kline@thought.org)
Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002
	kline@thought.org; Wed,  2 Dec 2009 11:45:29 -0800 (PST)
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:45:29 -0800
From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>
To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Message-ID: <20091202194529.GA35132@thought.org>
References: <20091202071508.GA1869@thought.org>
	<c39ec84c0912020738r156730abva733e2dce24a158f@mail.gmail.com>
	<20091202173416.GA3844@thought.org>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20091202173416.GA3844@thought.org>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i
X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986.
X-Of_Interest: With 23 years  of service to the Unix community.
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00
	autolearn=ham version=3.2.3
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on
	aristotle.thought.org
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 <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:45:34 -0000

  # cd  /var/db/pkg 
  # pkg_delete <<PKG>> # Use Tab key for completion.
  # pkgdb -vFa

  is in my ~/.HowTo file.

  thanks for the datapoints and the chuckles,

  gary



-- 
 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