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Date:      Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:28:52 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        Richard DeLaurell <richard.delaurell@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "unable to completely remove directory" during deinstall
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.0904221728330.1828@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <4324dbec0904220716l6f3f0108td4a67dc58f46e10d@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <4324dbec0904220716l6f3f0108td4a67dc58f46e10d@mail.gmail.com>

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> pkg_delete: couldn't entirely delete package (perhaps the packing list is
> incorrectly specified?)
>
> It occurs at the end of a "deinstall" as a matter of updating a port "by
> hand".
>
> What is the proper procedure to correct this? Run "pkgdb -F"? Rm the
> offending files/dirs by hand? Both?

check what wasn't deleted from the directory any why.

then delete it.



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