On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Paul Schmehl wrote:
Well, I'll tell you why *I* had trouble with it. When you run "make install
clean" on the php?-extensions port, it *installs* the extensions. Naturally,
I expected that when I ran the uninstall, it would uninstall the same ports
that it installed previously. In fact, when you uninstall the
php4-extensions port, it *says* it uninstalled, but it *does* nothing. It
doesn't even remove the ports from the ports db - nor does it remove the
files installed with each extension port.
That's *not* expected behavior for a port.
I had no problem correcting the problem, but I should have had to. If it's
not possible to uninstall the extensions ports from php4-extensions, then it
should tell you that when you try to run deinstall. For me it was a minor
inconvenience. For a newbie, it could be a disaster.
Easy solution -- when doing a 'make deinstall' from the php?-extensions
port, simply post a message after deinstalling the meta port:
"WARNING: deinstallation of php?-extensions does NOT deinstall any
php?-* ports install. If it is your intension to deinstall any php?-*
ports installed by php?-extensions, " ... insert proper way to do so
here ...
That protect newbies from the same mis-assumption that Paul had, teach
newbies and experienced FreeBSD admins the "right way" and how meta-ports
work in FreeBSD, and still protect the whole concept behind how meta-ports
work.
Beckman
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