2009/12/2 <usleepl...@gmail.com>: > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Gary Kline <kl...@thought.org> wrote: > >> >> it is better to pkg_delete OOo-301 or just cd to /usr/local and >> /bin/rm -r it from there? this time i'll make a not of the preferred >> way of cleaning out the old stuff.. >> >> > Early this century I started removing packages by issuing "sudo rm -rf /". > Works like a charm. Have been doing it ever since. Also, it keeps the > package database ( /var/db/pkg ) and the optional port directories in sync. > Very nifty.
[ch...@amnesiac]~% sudo rm -rf / rm: "/" may not be removed [ch...@amnesiac]~% Gutted! I'll have to use pkg_*... Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
