On 12/01/2008, Andrew Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just executed 'pkg_delete -a' to delete all packages and do a clean > reinstall. (World and kernel were updated this morning.) > > Pkg_delete was unable to completely remove certain files and directories > under /usr/local. Since I have backed-up all user data under /usr/local > (web pages and postgresql databases) deleted all packages, is it safe to > delete everything that remains under /usr/local? I have an archived copy of > /usr/local/etc for reference during reinstallation. >
Generally, yes(1). I think I would still give a cursory glance at all the files that pkg_delete left: % find /usr/local/ -type f | less Otherwise, sail on. (1) in that the base install of FreeBSD does not touch /usr/local and nothing in /usr/local should prevent the running of basic system utilities. -- -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
