pkgdb inconsistency

[Kent Stewart]

On Saturday 06 March 2004 01:38 pm, Sean Ellis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> After removing kde, I think that I used pkg_delete, there are still
> lingering kde* instances in my package database. ie
>
> [1:28pm] [/home/sellis]portversion -l "<"
> kdeaddons                   <
> kdeadmin                    <
> kdeartwork                  <
> kdebase                     <
> kdeedu                      <
> kdegames                    <
> kdegraphics                 <
> kdelibs                     <
> kdemultimedia               <
> kdenetwork                  <
> kdepim                      <
> kdesdk                      <
> kdetoys                     <
> kdeutils                    <
> kdevelop                    <
> kmldonkey                   <
> koffice                     <
> [1:29pm] [/home/sellis]
> [1:31pm] [/home/sellis]sudo pkg_delete kdeaddons
> Password:
> pkg_delete: no such package 'kdeaddons' installed
>
> etc .. ( pkg_delete'ing the other kd* packages give the same output
> ).
>
> Can anyone let me know how I can straighten this out, or what it is
> that I'm doing wrong?
>

You have to wild card (glob) or use the real name. You can 

pkg_info | grep kdeaddons 

and see what the real name is.

Kent

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