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Date:      Thu, 12 Jul 2001 17:44:42 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net>
Cc:        "Ramoncito P. Puyat" <nitronarc@foresightone.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: difficulty uninstalling ports
Message-ID:  <20010712174441.A52241@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010712203615.A52544@palomine.net>; from cjohnson@palomine.net on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 08:36:15PM -0400
References:  <5.1.0.14.2.20010713082116.01eac8b0@pop.info.com.ph> <20010712203615.A52544@palomine.net>

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On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 08:36:15PM -0400, Chris Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 08:24:28AM +0800, Ramoncito P. Puyat wrote:
> > Our system updates its source and ports every friday evening. However, when 
> > we install a port and a new update is received, during deinstallation the 
> > system says that the port was not installed. How do we deinstall the a port 
> > after it has been updated?
> 
> Use pkg_delete.

Or better, the portupgrade port which automatically handles upgrading
(deinstalling/rebuilding/reinstalling) of ports, as well as any
forward/reverse dependencies.

Kris

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