Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 19:10:17 -0400 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: abram olson <dacia_icarus@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mass uninstall all ports? Message-ID: <20010712191017.B29406@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20010712224021.95596.qmail@web13502.mail.yahoo.com>; from dacia_icarus@yahoo.com on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 03:40:21PM -0700 References: <20010712182844.A26646@moo.holy.cow> <20010712224021.95596.qmail@web13502.mail.yahoo.com>
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on Jul 12 18:48, i got this from abram...
> I have updated the ports using cvsup. So, this:
>
> cd /var/db/pkg && pkg_delete -fd *
>
> will remove all the packages and ports that are
> installed?
>
> I really want to understand what I'm doing here ;-)
>
> Another person suggested I do:
>
> pkg_info | cut -d\ -f1 | xargs pkg_delete
>
> what is the difference between what these two commands
> will do?
>
> Abe
you know, in perl, there is a saying:
there is more than one way to do it.
...in the end both will do the same thing: remove/delete all the
installed software as listed in /var/db/pkg. if you go the 'pkg_info'
route, you should add '-f' and or '-d' flag.
if pkg_delete/xargs/shell complain that 'pipe broken', 'too many
arguments', or some such, then you can try this...
# find /var/db/pkg -type d -execdir pkg_delete -fd {} \;
in any case, don't miss to read the pkg_delete & find manpages.
--
so, do you like word games or scrabble?
- parv
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