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Date:      Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:11:22 -0500
From:      Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I don't understand this
Message-ID:  <70B9DC0A085AF432265C026C@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local>
In-Reply-To: <20071014214854.GA9785@just.puresimplicity.net>
References:  <BC69E4E92AC0B0E6502F08DB@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> <20071014214854.GA9785@just.puresimplicity.net>

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--On October 14, 2007 4:48:54 PM -0500 Josh Tolbert=20
<hemi@puresimplicity.net> wrote:
>
> It really is pretty straightforward. You have to get rid of _all_
> of php4 before you install php5, then make sure the portsdb is
> straightened out. I'm not sure why folks are having so much trouble
> with this...
>
Well, I'll tell you why *I* had trouble with it.  When you run "make=20
install clean" on the php?-extensions port, it *installs* the extensions.=20
Naturally, I expected that when I ran the uninstall, it would uninstall=20
the same ports that it installed previously.  In fact, when you uninstall=20
the php4-extensions port, it *says* it uninstalled, but it *does* nothing. =

It doesn't even remove the ports from the ports db - nor does it remove=20
the files installed with each extension port.

That's *not* expected behavior for a port.

I had no problem correcting the problem, but I should have had to.  If=20
it's not possible to uninstall the extensions ports from php4-extensions,=20
then it should tell you that when you try to run deinstall.  For me it was =

a minor inconvenience.  For a newbie, it could be a disaster.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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