Use pkg_delete or make deinstall?

Ben Washington-Yule benwy_01 at yahoo.com.au
Fri Oct 15 21:02:48 PDT 2004


I've been wondering lately if there is any difference between the two 
methods of removing software from the system; pkg_delete software-name 
and cd /usr/ports/catagory/software-name && make deinstall. This 
question is not answered in the FAQ, I mainly ask out of curiousity.


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