From owner-freebsd-perl@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 1 16:25:24 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-perl@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 573AF9B0; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 16:25:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from s.montgomerysmith@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ve0-x22b.google.com (mail-ve0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c01::22b]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EF7FE2D94; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 16:25:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f171.google.com with SMTP id pa12so2525241veb.30 for ; Thu, 01 Aug 2013 09:25:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=lWgrz5bJKBOEN2qYxmVJS6qZ6r76+w+cu+I1KUgvotA=; b=f9wyt3GPpDuLI5CnDt0nGLIISs4vZCDGk5Vbqul06N0PfO1RffoHFzL7jQ/mBYljuC kxhwSnXxeGmATnb6l8jW0cQUE5HyckdFj8xH9SiDoqEoX5p2MWU5KSsZEKjgjcPs3+0X 8fiOHY8dVOIkezRP70HmeTd8oTLGR9tD7+ZWTYZhsTpyH52K/ySldB/Y84enrH6o09u8 /ol7M+r7lUwenRJOK5aUkCItrjbV0X7BcHXi16bgs1oXE77WHPbnNmMs1px9EaR8N23P 3skLKOiQb2peJ6/Cs/qMTU/qpVFrfSg6xtZb5L9+zN2LM6x7p1h1caYjMvpSlL/b0LU6 9+GQ== X-Received: by 10.52.0.52 with SMTP id 20mr607152vdb.22.1375374322868; Thu, 01 Aug 2013 09:25:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.11] (50-82-246-58.client.mchsi.com. [50.82.246.58]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id eu9sm1065292vdb.1.2013.08.01.09.25.20 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 01 Aug 2013 09:25:21 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Stephen Montgomery-Smith Message-ID: <51FA8BED.3060103@missouri.edu> Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:25:17 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130623 Thunderbird/17.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris H Subject: Re: Please remove Perl from ports References: <622977670ec4e80b844c5c6c978ae6f6.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <622977670ec4e80b844c5c6c978ae6f6.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable , freebsd-perl X-BeenThere: freebsd-perl@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: maintainer of a number of perl-related ports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:25:24 -0000 On 08/01/2013 10:31 AM, Chris H wrote: > So, in the end; why did Perl have to be relocated? Is my only > recourse at this point to > # cd / > # rm -rf . When I get into this kind of bad situation, I usually do something slightly less drastic: # pkg_delete -a # find -d /usr/local -type d -exec rmdir {} \; This last command removes empty directories in /usr/local (it also produces lots of error messages when it tries to remove non-empty directories). Then I look through the contents of /usr/local, especially if there is anything in /usr/local/etc or /usr/local/libexec where some of my manually changed configuration files reside. And then I delete any crud left over that I know I don't need. After that, I rebuild all the ports from scratch. Finally, I do understand why you feel the need to vent, and I don't want to belittle your feelings of frustration. But I do think everyone is trying their best. I like to tell people that running FreeBSD or Linux is like owning a souped up sports car - usually it runs really well, but it often needs a lot of attention. (Windows is like driving a cheap car that breaks down all the time, but engine is designed in such a way as to be totally inaccessible with regards to repairs. And Apple is like driving a BMW - it mostly works well but you pay a lot for it.)