Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 19:45:59 -0500 (EST) From: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com> To: Incoming Mail List <mailist@whoweb.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports installation issue Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.961229194511.14120B-100000@echonyc.com> In-Reply-To: <199612292053.PAA16252@whoweb.com>
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On Sun, 29 Dec 1996, Incoming Mail List wrote: > > I want to reinstall some ports collections but am running into the following > error message: > > Package `xfmail-0.3b' already recorded as installed. Use pkg_delete. If that doesn't work, cd to /var/db/pkg and rm -r the directory named after the package in question. > I tried the '-f' flag but this didn't help. How can I convince my systems that > it's ok to reinstall this package? > > The system is running FreeBSD 2.1 and installed from the walnut creek CDROM. > > Thanks for any help, > Jon > Ben
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