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From: Pedro Almeida <pedro@qui.uc.pt>
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in any case I propose:

        pkg_info | grep -i package_to_remove | xargs pkg_delete

cheers,

        Pedro


On 12-May-2000 Cy Schubert wrote:
> In message <20000512170354.A31801@hyperhost.net>, Patrick Seal writes:
>> On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 01:44:57PM -0700i, Chad R. Larson wrote:
>> > I think they're pointing out the difference between "pkg_delete", a
>> > binary part of the system, and "pkg_remove", a perl script in ports.
>> 
>> Whoops! Anyway, looking at the source code, what's so great about it? Why
>> should anyone use it?
> 
> Let's take removing Samba as an example:
> 
> 1.  pkg_info | grep -i samba
> 
> 2.  wait for a long time.
> 
> 3.  pkg_delete samba-2.0.6
> 
> 
> Using pkg_remove,
> 
> 1.  pkg_remove -n samba
> 
> 2.  wait for a short period of time to see what might be deleted,
>     e.g. dependencies.
> 
> 3.  if you decide to go ahead with the removal:  pkg_remove samba
> 
> 
> Regards,                       Phone:  (250)387-8437
> Cy Schubert                      Fax:  (250)387-5766
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