Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:50:00 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: undo make deinstall Message-ID: <20091021194959.GN29215@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20091021194038.GA46360@guilt.hydra> References: <20091021192839.GA12166@guilt.hydra> <62A5FC38-BD7F-4941-B760-ABF2C1700E73@mac.com> <20091021194038.GA46360@guilt.hydra>
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In the last episode (Oct 21), Chad Perrin said: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:38:48PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > On Oct 21, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > > >How does one undo a `make deinstall` when `make reinstall` fails? > > > > Do you have a package of this port handy?-- try doing a pkg_add of > > that... > > It is, for the moment, a hypothetical question -- based on an experience a > year or so ago. I'd like to avoid having the same problem again > (deinstalling and reinstalling something, then finding the reinstall > didn't work) without having an idea how to undo the damage of deinstalling > something that actually worked. So . . . assume for argument's sake > that I haven't gone out of my way to create a package in advance, for a > sort of "worst case scenario". pkg_create -b portupgrade uses this when upgrading, so it can roll back failed installs. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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