difference between deinstall and pkg_delete?

[RW]

On Monday 05 June 2006 16:37, Ian A. Tegebo wrote:

>  I'm not sure what the man page author meant
> by
> 	Use this to restore a port after using pkg_delete(1)
>         when you should have used deinstall.
>
> Can someone with more experience give examples that might clarify the
> situation?

It's to do with the cookie. Read back through the thread, I've already given 
an example.