Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 15:06:46 +0100 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pkg_delete vs make deinstall Message-ID: <38394DF6.489431C8@scc.nl> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911221322480.33699-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, <19991122144354.V22782@lucifer.bart.nl>
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Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote: > > -On [19991122 14:30], Jonathon McKitrick (jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) wrote: > >What is the difference? I have a guess: make deinstall only works if > >there is a deinstall target in the makefile, while pkg_delete will simply > >erase all the files in the installation and remove it from the database, > >correct? > make deinstall simply uses pkg/PLIST to remove all the files and > directories needed for the program. > > pkg_delete gets this info from /var/db/pkg/portname/+CONTENTS > > So there is a difference in how the two work. From /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk: .if !target(deinstall) deinstall: @${ECHO_MSG} "===> Deinstalling for ${PKGNAME}" @${PKG_DELETE} -f ${PKGNAME} @${RM} -f ${INSTALL_COOKIE} ${PACKAGE_COOKIE} .endif The *default* behaviour of 'make deinstall' is to use pkg_delete... -- Marcel Moolenaar mailto:marcel@scc.nl SCC Internetworking & Databases http://www.scc.nl/ The FreeBSD project mailto:marcel@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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