which is the better way...?

[Gary Kline]

On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 04:38:18PM +0100, usleepless at gmail.com wrote:
> 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.
> 
> And there is no need for tedious use of "make deinstall" or "make clean" (
> the horror! ).
> 
> Furthermore the method is true to the Unix-philosophy of KISS: all of this
> package management sjizzle is pure futuristic bloatware that keeps you away
> from what Unix truely stands for.
> 
> There is a "third" way too: recently it was brought to my attention that
> Chuck Norris NEVER deletes packages: he just shoots them.
> 
> YMMV ofcourse,
> 
> kind regards,
> 
> usleep
> 
> 
> 

	Gee whiz, you're ri--

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