Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 17:58:46 +0200 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, Beastie-Boy <networkaholic@gmx.de> Subject: Re: stay up to date with ports and packages, problem Message-ID: <4FB7C336.8030709@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205190803400.30455@wonkity.com> References: <1337434051474-5709999.post@n5.nabble.com> <4FB7A6F9.2090202@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205190803400.30455@wonkity.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig8D4E9917263F109296E213D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 19/05/2012 16:07, Warren Block wrote: > The -f is probably not needed. I've done this rarely enough to not > recall, but -a should sort everything in the right order so dependencie= s > are uninstalled in order. I find that 'pkg_delete -af' gives more reliable results. Agreed, it should not be necessary but sometimes the dependency relationships between ports aren't generated quite right, and '-f' just lets pkg_delete do its thing without worrying about that -- not that dependency ordering matters at all when you're deleting everything in any case. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey --------------enig8D4E9917263F109296E213D0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+3w0cACgkQ8Mjk52CukIwH2QCgj0curUiJ/oMUV7mievzUEqrJ p6AAoIAltXHGITsA+KSdQBUXCglBiRP3 =88Rz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig8D4E9917263F109296E213D0--
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