Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:31:19 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ben Washington-Yule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Use pkg_delete or make deinstall?
In the last episode (Oct 16), Ben Washington-Yule said:I've been wondering lately if there is any difference between the two methods of removing software from the system; pkg_delete software-name and cd /usr/ports/catagory/software-name && make deinstall. This question is not answered in the FAQ, I mainly ask out of curiousity.
"make deinstall" just runs pkg_delete, so they're identical.
It's important to know that "make deinstall" runs "pkg_delete -f ..."
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