Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 22:41:20 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Richard DeLaurell <richard.delaurell@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: py24-gobject won't deinstall Message-ID: <20090401224120.95200698.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4324dbec0904010724x68999345o69ba52c3b6397ef8@mail.gmail.com> References: <4324dbec0904010541s788b84f6q7ba1a8699394490b@mail.gmail.com> <20090401151617.463088b1.freebsd@edvax.de> <4324dbec0904010724x68999345o69ba52c3b6397ef8@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 09:24:18 -0500, Richard DeLaurell <richard.delaurell@gmail.com> wrote: > I reveal my ignorance: why does this work to delete the package > > # pkg_delete -f /var/db/pkg/py24-gobject* > > > while 'pkg_delete py24-gobject*' did not? Use the -f, Luke. The force! Use the force! :-) > Would the latter have done the trick if issued from the /var/db/pkg > directory itself? If you delete a package with -f that is required by another package, you BREAK this package. That's okay only if you're going to install the needed dependency right afterwards (by pkg_add or make). > In any event your solution does seem to have worked. It is intended to work. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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