pkg_deinstall or pkg_delete

[Parv]

in message <75f3f705040510202240a5eae3 at mail.gmail.com>, wrote Roop
Nanuwa thusly...
>
> On Mon, 10 May 2004 22:45:42 -0400, Chiang Seng Chang
> <cs at ctzen.com> wrote:
> > 
> > What's the difference between pkg_deinstall and pkg_delete ?
> 
> pkg_deinstall is a wrapper for pkg_delete that supports wildcards
> and dependency recursion.

Pkg_delete handles wildcards just fine.  Or, is it just the partial
port string, case sensitive, that it can handle?  I do not have any
ports to deinstall handy right now to test.


> > If I use portinstall to install a port, which should I use to
> > uninstall it ?
> 
> If it's a single port that you want to delete on its own then
> either will suffice.  If you want to do a recursive uninstall or
> delete multiple packages then you'll probably want to make use of
> pkg_deinstall.

Pkg_delete can delete ports given as a list just like it can delete
single port; it, however, does not recurse like pkg_deinstall.


I have not used pkg_deinstall to recursively ports much; I like
pkg_delete better, more so in case of inconsistent state of
installed dependencies.


  - Parv

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