Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 00:21:51 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Cc: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, kris@obsecurity.org, cjohnson@palomine.net, nitronarc@foresightone.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: difficulty uninstalling ports Message-ID: <20010713002151.B84770@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <20010712215240A.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>; from jkh@osd.bsdi.com on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 09:52:40PM -0700 References: <20010712174441.A52241@xor.obsecurity.org> <200107130107.f6D17T001905@mass.dis.org> <20010712215240A.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
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On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 09:52:40PM -0700, a little birdie told me that Jordan Hubbard remarked > And, as I'm sure others have pointed out by now, it's even easier > to do this with the -a flag. :) > > Of course, since pkg_delete also supports globbing now, one assumes > 'pkg_delete *' from *any* directory would also work. pkg_delete supports globbing? Last I saw (and submitted patches for, as I recall) the shell does all the globbing, pkg_delete is just smart enough to do some trimming on absolute paths to find the package name. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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