On Wed, 22 Apr 2009, Richard DeLaurell wrote:
This is undoubtedly a very "newbie" question, but I have seen this type of
error a few times recently:
pkg_delete: unable to completely remove directory '/directory.name'
pkg_delete: couldn't entirely delete package (perhaps the packing list is
inco
pkg_delete: couldn't entirely delete package (perhaps the packing list is
incorrectly specified?)
It occurs at the end of a "deinstall" as a matter of updating a port "by
hand".
What is the proper procedure to correct this? Run "pkgdb -F"? Rm the
offending files/dirs by hand? Both?
check what
> What port are you referencing?
The error has occurred with a few recently; the latest was compiz
yesterday. I was going from 0.6.2_2 to 0.7.8_1--sorry, I did not save the
exact output of the error.
The new compiz ran okay until I logged out my x-session and then tried to
log back in. X froze
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:16:22 -0500
Richard DeLaurell wrote:
>This is undoubtedly a very "newbie" question, but I have seen this
>type of error
>a few times recently:
>
>pkg_delete: unable to completely remove directory '/directory.name'
>pkg_delete: couldn't entirely delete package (perhaps the p
This is undoubtedly a very "newbie" question, but I have seen this type of
error
a few times recently:
pkg_delete: unable to completely remove directory '/directory.name'
pkg_delete: couldn't entirely delete package (perhaps the packing list is
incorrectly specified?)
It occurs at the end of a "d