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Date:      Wed, 27 Jun 2001 09:28:46 -0500 (CDT)
From:      David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
To:        Jonathan Slivko <js43064n@pace.edu>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
Subject:   Re: Best way to fix a Bad Mistake
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0106270923420.84620-100000@shell-3.enteract.com>
In-Reply-To: <200106271014.AA97845312@stmail.pace.edu>

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On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Jonathan Slivko wrote:

:---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
:From: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
:Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 09:01:40 -0500

:>checking for Tk configuration... configure: error:
:>/usr/local/lib/tk8.3 directory doesn't contain tkConfig.sh
:>===>  Script "configure" failed: here are the contents of

:>
:>	Then, the system crashed some time during the install so
:>some tasks did not complete.  We seem to have a working base
:>system as I have been able to install lots of packages and they
:>work.
:>
:>	Is there a good way to repair what is broken without
:>starting from scratch and rebuilding the system from the ground
:>up?
:
:Yes, there is. cd in to that directory where the port is and then
:do a make clean and then a make distclean. That should remove the
:port from your system, and should leave nothing left. Then, all

No, it won't.  Make distclean is make clean, plus removing the dist files
from ports/distfiles/.  To remove a port, you need to run "make deinstall",
or use pkg_delete.  I'd remove the tk port and reinstall it.


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