Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 02:46:58 -0400 From: "Mit Rowe" <mitayai@dreaming.org> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>, "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: <DBEMKGPNFGOGJHLMDNDJEEAOCFAA.mitayai@dreaming.org> In-Reply-To: <20010713002151.B84770@futuresouth.com>
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to defeat my tcsh globbing, i just recently used to upgrade my entire ports tree: portsupgrade -Rru \* maybe pkg_delete works similarly. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Matthew D. Fuller > Sent: July 13, 2001 01:22 AM > To: Jordan Hubbard > Cc: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG; kris@obsecurity.org; cjohnson@palomine.net; > nitronarc@foresightone.com; freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: difficulty uninstalling ports > > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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