From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jul 12 22:22: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BF5037B403; Thu, 12 Jul 2001 22:22:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.11.4/8.11.1) id f6D5Lpa24453; Fri, 13 Jul 2001 00:21:52 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 00:21:51 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Jordan Hubbard Cc: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, kris@obsecurity.org, cjohnson@palomine.net, nitronarc@foresightone.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: difficulty uninstalling ports Message-ID: <20010713002151.B84770@futuresouth.com> References: <20010712174441.A52241@xor.obsecurity.org> <200107130107.f6D17T001905@mass.dis.org> <20010712215240A.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010712215240A.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>; from jkh@osd.bsdi.com on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 09:52:40PM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 09:52:40PM -0700, a little birdie told me that Jordan Hubbard remarked > And, as I'm sure others have pointed out by now, it's even easier > to do this with the -a flag. :) > > Of course, since pkg_delete also supports globbing now, one assumes > 'pkg_delete *' from *any* directory would also work. pkg_delete supports globbing? Last I saw (and submitted patches for, as I recall) the shell does all the globbing, pkg_delete is just smart enough to do some trimming on absolute paths to find the package name. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message