in any case I propose:
pkg_info | grep -i package_to_remove | xargs pkg_delete
cheers,
Pedro
On 12-May-2000 Cy Schubert wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Patrick Seal writes:
>> On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 01:44:57PM -0700i, Chad R. Larson wrote:
>> > I think they're pointing out the difference between "pkg_delete", a
>> > binary part of the system, and "pkg_remove", a perl script in ports.
>>
>> Whoops! Anyway, looking at the source code, what's so great about it? Why
>> should anyone use it?
>
> Let's take removing Samba as an example:
>
> 1. pkg_info | grep -i samba
>
> 2. wait for a long time.
>
> 3. pkg_delete samba-2.0.6
>
>
> Using pkg_remove,
>
> 1. pkg_remove -n samba
>
> 2. wait for a short period of time to see what might be deleted,
> e.g. dependencies.
>
> 3. if you decide to go ahead with the removal: pkg_remove samba
>
>
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