in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Roop Nanuwa thusly... > > On Mon, 10 May 2004 22:45:42 -0400, Chiang Seng Chang > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What's the difference between pkg_deinstall and pkg_delete ? > > pkg_deinstall is a wrapper for pkg_delete that supports wildcards > and dependency recursion.
Pkg_delete handles wildcards just fine. Or, is it just the partial port string, case sensitive, that it can handle? I do not have any ports to deinstall handy right now to test. > > If I use portinstall to install a port, which should I use to > > uninstall it ? > > If it's a single port that you want to delete on its own then > either will suffice. If you want to do a recursive uninstall or > delete multiple packages then you'll probably want to make use of > pkg_deinstall. Pkg_delete can delete ports given as a list just like it can delete single port; it, however, does not recurse like pkg_deinstall. I have not used pkg_deinstall to recursively ports much; I like pkg_delete better, more so in case of inconsistent state of installed dependencies. - Parv -- _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
