Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 15:46:42 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pkgdb And pkgng? Message-ID: <20160520154642.fa93d2d6.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <154ce5ce4b8.279f.0b331fcf0b21179f1640bd439e3f4a1e@tundraware.com> References: <573E4312.5090505@tundraware.com> <8f43564f-db32-aa2d-d524-49309f22e366@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20160520124143.49283528@gumby.homeunix.com> <154ce5ce4b8.279f.0b331fcf0b21179f1640bd439e3f4a1e@tundraware.com>
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On Fri, 20 May 2016 08:31:15 -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > I install from ports not packages and occasionally have to do a forced > removal to get an upgrade to work. If I understand the pkg mechanism correctly, this doesn't make any difference. Issuing "make install" creates a pkg-style package which then gets installed, and "make deinstall" lets pkg remove installed software. Both tasks involve dealing with the package database. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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