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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 19:45:59 -0500 (EST)
From: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com>
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Subject: Re: ports installation issue
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On Sun, 29 Dec 1996, Incoming Mail List wrote:

> 
> I want to reinstall some ports collections but am running into the following
> error message:
> 
> Package `xfmail-0.3b' already recorded as installed.

Use pkg_delete.  If that doesn't work, cd to /var/db/pkg and rm -r the 
directory named after the package in question.
 
> I tried the '-f' flag but this didn't help.  How can I convince my systems that
> it's ok to reinstall this package?
> 
> The system is running FreeBSD 2.1 and installed from the walnut creek CDROM.
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> Jon
> 



 Ben