which is the better way...?

[usleepless at gmail.com]

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Chris Rees <utisoft at googlemail.com> wrote:

> 2009/12/2  <usleepless at gmail.com>:
> > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Gary Kline <kline at thought.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> it is better to pkg_delete OOo-301 or just cd to /usr/local and
> >> /bin/rm -r it from there?  this time i'll make a not of the preferred
> >> way of cleaning out the old stuff..
> >>
> >>
> > Early this century I started removing packages by issuing "sudo rm -rf
> /".
> > Works like a charm. Have been doing it ever since. Also, it keeps the
> > package database ( /var/db/pkg ) and the optional port directories in
> sync.
> > Very nifty.
>
> [chris at amnesiac]~% sudo rm -rf /
> rm: "/" may not be removed
> [chris at amnesiac]~%
>
> Gutted! I'll have to use pkg_*...
>
>
You must be a thrill at parties :-)

regards,

usleep



> Chris
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