Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:06:04 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@nojunk.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't make certain ports Message-ID: <20000118.18060400@bartequi.ottodomain.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001181015400.2692-100000@peloton.runet.edu>
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On 1/18/00, 4:17:53 PM, Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> wrote
regarding Re: can't make certain ports:
> Hi Jonathon,
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> > Brett wrote:
> > >Nope - as noted above - make deinstall calls pkg_delete which reads
off
> > >its OWN original packing list, not what's in
> > >/usr/ports/some_dir/some_port/pkg/PLIST.
> >
> > What was my mistake here? Referring to the makefile rather than the
> > packing list as the source for the action taken?
> No mistake on your part - I didn't read bsd.port.mk (or let it sink
> through my head enough) - a make deinstall looks for ${PKGNAME} which
it
> grabs from the port Makefile so it will try to deinstall the old
version
> (using pkg_delete).
> Brett
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Dear Brett Taylor and Jonathon McKitrick,
just to split hairs:
make deinstall ~ pkg_delete -f port_package(s)_listed_in_the_PLIST
where " ~ " reads "equivalent to".
In a freshly updated port, the package(s) in question is(are) the
*new*
package(s) - not yet made.
If all this is correct, it should (?) go into the docs. AFAIR, I have
not
found this little piece of information (yet).
But I have an awful lot to read, so I might be wrong.
I know I do NOT know (Socrates) :-))
Perhaps it is also in Grog's Guide 3rd edition ?
I haven't found this book in Sicily yet.
Best regards,
Salvo
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