Re: pkgdb inconsistency

From: Kent Stewart (kstewart_at_owt.com)
Date: 03/06/04

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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 13:46:15 -0800

    On Saturday 06 March 2004 01:38 pm, Sean Ellis wrote:
    > Hello,
    >
    > After removing kde, I think that I used pkg_delete, there are still
    > lingering kde* instances in my package database. ie
    >
    > [1:28pm] [/home/sellis]portversion -l "<"
    > kdeaddons <
    > kdeadmin <
    > kdeartwork <
    > kdebase <
    > kdeedu <
    > kdegames <
    > kdegraphics <
    > kdelibs <
    > kdemultimedia <
    > kdenetwork <
    > kdepim <
    > kdesdk <
    > kdetoys <
    > kdeutils <
    > kdevelop <
    > kmldonkey <
    > koffice <
    > [1:29pm] [/home/sellis]
    > [1:31pm] [/home/sellis]sudo pkg_delete kdeaddons
    > Password:
    > pkg_delete: no such package 'kdeaddons' installed
    >
    > etc .. ( pkg_delete'ing the other kd* packages give the same output
    > ).
    >
    > Can anyone let me know how I can straighten this out, or what it is
    > that I'm doing wrong?
    >

    You have to wild card (glob) or use the real name. You can

    pkg_info | grep kdeaddons

    and see what the real name is.

    Kent 

    -- 
Kent Stewart
Richland, WA
http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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