--On Monday, October 15, 2007 10:36:57 -0400 Peter Beckman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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.
Bingo! Also, I'm wondering if it's possible to run "pkg_deinstall -r" in
the meta port to remove all the ports that depend upon it.
--
Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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