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Date:      Wed, 1 Aug 2007 09:25:58 +0400 (GST)
From:      Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@rakhesh.com>
To:        Aton A <eitan.adler@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pkg_deinstall and pkg_delete
Message-ID:  <20070801092413.P23854@scrat.home.rakhesh.com>
In-Reply-To: <cd994e160707311549s2aaab0b7wbe4a62dd3f80e608@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <cd994e160707311549s2aaab0b7wbe4a62dd3f80e608@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Aton A wrote:

> What exactly is the difference between pkg_delete and pkg_deinstall?
> Should I be cautious about mixing them?

Nopes, can mix them. pkg_deinstall uses pkg_delete infact. Just that it 
understands wildcards and supports recursing.

pkg_deinstall is especially useful want to delete a package and all the 
stuff that was installed by it as dependencies ...



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