From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Sep 30 20:12:12 2014
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org
 [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1])
 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 52558848;
 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:12:12 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137])
 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits))
 (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified))
 by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 04E1468F;
 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:12:11 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1])
 by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s8UKC3Mv020130
 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO);
 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:12:03 -0600 (MDT)
 (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com)
Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost)
 by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) with ESMTP id s8UKC3Io020127;
 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:12:03 -0600 (MDT)
 (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com)
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:12:03 -0600 (MDT)
From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net>
Subject: Re: update to linux_base-c6
In-Reply-To: <542B00E2.8030609@hiwaay.net>
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409301408001.13201@wonkity.com>
References: <mailman.53.1412078402.71686.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
 <op.xmz689gg0zw9qj@europa> <9e6b9502ba9292e68de94878bf405409@dweimer.net>
 <542ACB7E.4000206@hiwaay.net>
 <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409301036310.68910@wonkity.com>
 <542B00E2.8030609@hiwaay.net>
User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (BSF 23 2013-08-11)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3
 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:12:04 -0600 (MDT)
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:12:12 -0000

On Tue, 30 Sep 2014, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:

> On 09/30/14 11:37, Warren Block wrote:
>> On Tue, 30 Sep 2014, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>> 
>>> I will be following the same upgrade path, & as a guaranteed noob, I have 
>>> a question about step 1 above. I noticed no clean/clear/remove entries in 
>>> /usr/ports/Makefile, what do I do, just 'rm -fr' the offending directory ?
>> 
>> No, never do that.  Let pkg manage those files, that is what it does.
>> 
>> pkg delete -f linux_base-f10 linux-f10-\*
>> 
>
>
> I'm talking about the ports versions, particularly the flash plugin, which is 
> handled by ports, not pkg ....

pkg is responsible for installing and deinstalling ports (which are, 
after they have been built, packages).

If you mean directories like /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f10, that 
is handled by whatever tool is used to update the ports tree, svn or 
portsnap.