Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 10:17:53 -0500 (EST) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>, Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@nojunk.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't make certain ports Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001181015400.2692-100000@peloton.runet.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001181500000.32557-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Hi Jonathon,
On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> Brett wrote:
> >Nope - as noted above - make deinstall calls pkg_delete which reads off
> >its OWN original packing list, not what's in
> >/usr/ports/some_dir/some_port/pkg/PLIST.
>
> What was my mistake here? Referring to the makefile rather than the
> packing list as the source for the action taken?
No mistake on your part - I didn't read bsd.port.mk (or let it sink
through my head enough) - a make deinstall looks for ${PKGNAME} which it
grabs from the port Makefile so it will try to deinstall the old version
(using pkg_delete).
Brett
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