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Date:      Sat, 08 Jan 2011 21:58:55 +0100
From:      Koop Mast <kwm@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jeremy Messenger <mezz.freebsd@gmail.com>
Cc:        gnome@freebsd.org, bobf@mrp3.com, mezz@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports/153740: graphics/inkscape fails to build
Message-ID:  <1294520335.27583.13.camel@headache.rainbow-runner.nl>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinU23efRQ10UxTPjQ_bRd-rfNxdFkeKhiCKSXN%2B@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <201101081955.p08Jt4nB095472@freefall.freebsd.org> <AANLkTinJs9i7W1KxS9GWr54i5xc1txONS8RPwDD4gjyL@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTinU23efRQ10UxTPjQ_bRd-rfNxdFkeKhiCKSXN%2B@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 14:39 -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 2:55 PM, <mezz@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Synopsis: graphics/inkscape fails to build
> >>
> >> State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed
> >> State-Changed-By: mezz
> >> State-Changed-When: Sat Jan 8 19:51:20 UTC 2011
> >> State-Changed-Why:
> >> Resolved by unknown reason after reboot machine.
> >>
> >> Anyway, yes, it's difficult to follow the UPDATING when you are far away
> >> like
> >> more than 6 months to a year. I usually would remove all installed ports
> >> then
> >> do a clean installation of ports.
> >>
> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=153740
> >>
> >
> > I've got a machine that qualifies under these situations, is there an easy
> > way to remove all ports installed? This might be useful for preforming a
> > binary upgrade of said machine over the wire.
> 
> If you have nvidia-driver or/and linux stuff, uninstall those by use
> pkg_delete first. After that, do the 'rm -rf /usr/local/*
> /var/db/pkg/*'.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mezz
> 
> 

whats wrong with a good old fasioned "pkg_delete -a"? Also users
shouldn't touch /var/db/pkg.

-Koop




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