Re: forcing pkg_delete to remove a package

2006-02-22 Thread Damien Miller
On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, knitti wrote: > On 2/22/06, frantisek holop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > so i look at the pkg_delete man page, and i can't see > > anything which reminds me rpm -e --nodeps (or some such, it was a long > > time ago). > > > > how can i make pkg_delete more macho and just go a

Re: forcing pkg_delete to remove a package

2006-02-22 Thread Marc Espie
On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 09:53:30PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: > hi there, > > call me stupid (i am) but i can't find out how can i make > pkg_delete delete a package without worrying about anything > > i am trying to do a local upgrade of blackbox to 0.70.1 > the upgrade is trivial, compiles f

Re: forcing pkg_delete to remove a package

2006-02-22 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 10:58:57PM +, Craig McCormick said that > Forgive the pun on your email address, but pkg_delete -F > would probably do the trick for you. yeah, pun intended :) still, it's -f and not -F :) > See why the pkg is refusing to be removed and use the string that fits >

Re: forcing pkg_delete to remove a package

2006-02-22 Thread Craig McCormick
Forgive the pun on your email address, but pkg_delete -F would probably do the trick for you. See why the pkg is refusing to be removed and use the string that fits as per the pkg_delete manpage. It works for me. Regards, Craig frantisek holop wrote: hi there, call me stupid (i am) but i ca

Re: forcing pkg_delete to remove a package

2006-02-22 Thread knitti
On 2/22/06, frantisek holop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so i look at the pkg_delete man page, and i can't see > anything which reminds me rpm -e --nodeps (or some such, it was a long > time ago). > > how can i make pkg_delete more macho and just go ahead? you can do it manually, delete all files

forcing pkg_delete to remove a package

2006-02-22 Thread frantisek holop
hi there, call me stupid (i am) but i can't find out how can i make pkg_delete delete a package without worrying about anything i am trying to do a local upgrade of blackbox to 0.70.1 the upgrade is trivial, compiles fine without any change, just bumping the version number. now my package is rea