Richard DeLaurell wrote:
> Oliver Fromme wrote:
> > PS: To check the consistency of your package database,
> > you can use this small script (requires Python):
> >
> > http://www.secnetix.de/olli/scripts/pkg_check_dependencies
> >
> > If you get no output from "pkg_check_dependencies -q",
Oliver Fromme wrote:
PS: To check the consistency of your package database,
> you can use this small script (requires Python):
>
> http://www.secnetix.de/olli/scripts/pkg_check_dependencies
>
> If you get no output from "pkg_check_dependencies -q",
> then your dependencies are good.
>
Oliver,
I
Polytropon wrote:
> Richard DeLaurell wrote:
> > I reveal my ignorance: why does this work to delete the package
> >
> ># pkg_delete -f /var/db/pkg/py24-gobject*
> >
> > while 'pkg_delete py24-gobject*' did not?
>
> Use the -f, Luke. The force! Use the force! :-)
>
> > Would
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 09:24:18 -0500, Richard DeLaurell
wrote:
> I reveal my ignorance: why does this work to delete the package
>
># pkg_delete -f /var/db/pkg/py24-gobject*
>
>
> while 'pkg_delete py24-gobject*' did not?
Use the -f, Luke. The force! Use the force! :-)
> Would the la
Perhaps my installation is incomplete?
perhaps "man [whatever]" would work better? or maybe
http://freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi ? :)
or maybe even google :)
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I reveal my ignorance: why does this work to delete the package
# pkg_delete -f /var/db/pkg/py24-gobject*
while 'pkg_delete py24-gobject*' did not?
Would the latter have done the trick if issued from the /var/db/pkg
directory itself?
In any event your solution does seem to have worked.
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 07:41:15 -0500, Richard DeLaurell
wrote:
> I tried pkg_delete to see what depends on py24-gobject and it's a hefty
> list; is deinstalling that entire list and then installing py25-gobject the
> only option for me?
No, it would be possible to first
# pkg_delete -f /va
