On Monday 05 June 2006 12:07, Mikhail Goriachev wrote: > RW wrote: > > On Friday 02 June 2006 08:53, Mikhail Goriachev wrote: > >> Jon Falconer wrote: > >>> Greetings, > >>> > >>> I see in the man page for ports the following: > >>> > >>> reinstall Use this to restore a port after using > >>> pkg_delete(1) when you should have used deinstall. > >>> > >>> So I'm wondering what is the difference between pkg_delete and using > >>> "make deinstall" from within the ports directory? What does "make > >>> deinstall" do that pkg_delete does not do? What does pkg_delete do that > >>> "make deinstall" does not do? > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> This will point you in the right direction: > >> > >> http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-29467.html > > > > Actually I think that points in wrong direction. There is a lot of > > misinformation about this that is repeated ad-nauseum. > > > > Most ports use the standard deinstall target which calls pkg_delete; > > there is only one port in the whole tree that defines it own deinstall > > target, and that one installs its own versions of the pkg_* utilities. > > > > The port system uses a series of cookie files to keep track of what has > > been done. For example if you type "make && make" the port will only > > build once, because the first make sets the "build cookie". There is also > > an Install cookie which leads to a problem when you go through the > > sequence > > > > make install > > pkg_delete > > make install > > > > because pkg_delete doesn't know about the port cookies. The deinstall and > > reinstall targets both delete the cookie and so using one or the other > > avoids the problem. > > > > In practice this is virtually a non-issue since most people, and all > > build tools, will do a make clean at some point in the sequence. > > Right, so pkg_deinstall is the way to go then, isn't? Logically, there > is a difference between pkg_delete and pkg_deinstall. Personally, I use > the latter.
The question was about the difference between "make deinstall" and pkg_delete. pkg_deinstall (installed by the portupgrade port) is simply a ruby wrapper for pkg_delete that provides globbing and recursion. There is no particular correpondence between pkg_deinstall and "make deinstall" except for the similar name. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"