Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 22:29:51 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: epilogue@allstream.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_delete multimedia/mplayer doesn't work Message-ID: <20040624202951.GA95011@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20040624162006.607614c0@localhost> References: <1088099449.25991.8.camel@hl63n2fls22o18.bredband.comhem.se> <20040624151531.5e14d95d@localhost> <1088107825.8205.9.camel@hl63n2fls22o18.bredband.comhem.se> <20040624162006.607614c0@localhost>
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On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 04:20:06PM -0400, epilogue@allstream.net wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 22:10:25 +0200 > jobse <jobse@u90.kks.kau.se> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 21:15, epilogue@allstream.net wrote: > > > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:50:50 +0200 > > > jobse <jobse@u90.kks.kau.se> wrote: > > > > > > > hello > > > > I do like this from /usr/ports. > > > > pkg_delete multimedia/mplayer*, right. > > though cd to the mplayer ports dir followed by make deinstall 'should' > have solved the problem, i just noticed another detail worth mentioning. > > you're using pkg_delete here. i do not believe that it accepts shell > globs (like * or ?). you might have better luck with pkg_deinstall -- part > of the tools installed by /sysutils/portupgrade, which i *highly* > recommend. pkg_delete does accept shell globs, but you have to quote them to make sure that the shell does not expand them. (I.e. one should do something like pkg_delete 'mplayer*' to delete all all packages whose name start with mplayer.) -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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