Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:12:19 +0900 From: "Akinori MUSHA" <knu@iDaemons.org> To: Jean-Sebastien Roy <js@jeannot.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem removing links to directories with pkg_delete Message-ID: <86u1zcfsr0.wl@archon.local.idaemons.org> In-Reply-To: <p04330100b79c8edc182d@[192.168.0.2]> References: <p04330100b79c8edc182d@192.168.0.2> <p04330100b79c8edc182d@[192.168.0.2]>
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At Sun, 12 Aug 2001 22:10:25 +0200,
Jean-Sebastien Roy wrote:
> I made a port (scilab 2.6, see: ports/26997) that includes a file
> named "config" in it's plist. This file is a link to a
> directory. (the name has no importance)
>
> When I use "make deinstall" to uninstall the port, everything is fine.
> (I used the recommanded test ordering in the handbook and everything went fine)
>
> But when I use pkg_delete, it complains that the directory enclosing
> "config" cannot be removed because it is not empty. Indeed, it
> contains "config", which was not removed. I suppose it's because its
> MD5 checksum changed while pkg_delete removed file in the directory
> "config" points to.
> What is the recomended way to cope with this problem (and with links
> inside plist in general) ?
List the symlink prior to the file/directory it points to. :)
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