Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:38:18 +0100 From: usleepless@gmail.com To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: which is the better way...? Message-ID: <c39ec84c0912020738r156730abva733e2dce24a158f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091202071508.GA1869@thought.org> References: <20091202071508.GA1869@thought.org>
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On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > > it is better to pkg_delete OOo-301 or just cd to /usr/local and > /bin/rm -r it from there? this time i'll make a not of the preferred > way of cleaning out the old stuff.. > > Early this century I started removing packages by issuing "sudo rm -rf /". Works like a charm. Have been doing it ever since. Also, it keeps the package database ( /var/db/pkg ) and the optional port directories in sync. Very nifty. And there is no need for tedious use of "make deinstall" or "make clean" ( the horror! ). Furthermore the method is true to the Unix-philosophy of KISS: all of this package management sjizzle is pure futuristic bloatware that keeps you away from what Unix truely stands for. There is a "third" way too: recently it was brought to my attention that Chuck Norris NEVER deletes packages: he just shoots them. YMMV ofcourse, kind regards, usleep > -- > Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service > Unix > http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org > The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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