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Subject: Re: ports and /var/db/pkg
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"Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> writes:
> If you know that package XYZ exists in /var/db/pkg but isn't in /usr/local
> (probably because you didn't 'make deinstall' or pkg_delete it), just do
> this:
>
> rm -rf /var/db/pkg/XYZ

Umm, no, just pkg_delete it and ignore the warnings about missing files.

DES
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