From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 2 07:53:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB25516A4E5 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 07:53:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Received: from cayster.site5.com (cayster.multisite.site5.com [216.118.97.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81B6443D58 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 07:53:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Received: from ppp110-20.lns1.hba1.internode.on.net ([150.101.110.20] helo=[192.168.0.4]) by cayster.site5.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1Fm4TN-0004mw-2e; Fri, 02 Jun 2006 03:53:33 -0400 Message-ID: <447FEE79.2040004@webanoide.org> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:53:29 +1000 From: Mikhail Goriachev Organization: Webanoide User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Macintosh/20060530) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jon Falconer References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: This message has been scanned by ClamAV. X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cayster.site5.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - webanoide.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: difference between deinstall and pkg_delete? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:53:41 -0000 Jon Falconer wrote: > Greetings, > > I see in the man page for ports the following: > > reinstall Use this to restore a port after using pkg_delete(1) > when you should have used deinstall. > > So I'm wondering what is the difference between pkg_delete and using "make > deinstall" from within the ports directory? What does "make deinstall" do > that pkg_delete does not do? What does pkg_delete do that "make deinstall" > does not do? Hi, This will point you in the right direction: http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-29467.html man pkg_delete man pkg_deinstall Cheers, Mikhail. -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: mikhailg@webanoide.org Web: http://www.webanoide.org PGP Key ID: 0x4E148A3B PGP Key Fingerprint: D96B 7C14 79A5 8824 B99D 9562 F50E 2F5D 4E14 8A3B