ports/113307: textproc/docbook-sk 4.2.1.4 needs to be completely removed

[Pav Lucistnik]

The following reply was made to PR ports/113307; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Pav Lucistnik <pav at FreeBSD.org>
To: Joe Kelsey <joe at zircon.seattle.wa.us>
Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: ports/113307: textproc/docbook-sk 4.2.1.4 needs
	to	be	completely removed
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:16:04 +0200

 > >>> I see the files are already registered with the catalog on your
 > >>> machines.  Can you try with pkg_which(1), what port claims their
 > >>> ownership?
 > >>>
 > >>> pkg_which /usr/local/share/xml/docbook/4.1.2/dbpoolx.mod
 > >>>
 > >>>   
 > >>>       
 > >> ?
 > >>
 > >>
 > >> I suspect it returns ? because I have had to run pkgdb -F and remove all 
 > >> docbook-sk dependencies.
 > >>     
 > >
 > > ? means stray file, not registered with any package.
 > >
 > > So you basically have to clean up your machine to
 > >
 > > 1) have no stray files under /usr/local
 > > 2) have no catalog registrations for these files
 > >
 > > All docbook ports should de-register from catalog on deinstall.
 > > How exactly you removed them last time?
 > >
 > >   
 > What you say makes no sense at all to me.
 > 
 > What exactly do you mean?  I am not oware of any stray files anywhere on 
 > my machine or how I would classify a file as being "stary" or not.
 
 If `pkg_which file' call returns `?' for file under /usr/local, the file
 is stray and have no business being present.
 
 > I sent you my catalog files.  Is there anything in the catalog files which 
 > looks "stray" to you?
 
 If the catalog file references file, which return `?' on pkg_which call,
 these lines must be removed together with the files.
 
 You haven't answered my question - how do you deinstalled docbook-sk
 port last time?
 
 > As 
 > far as I am concerned, docbook ports are ALL fundamentally broken since 
 > I cannot upgrade any of them without a great deal of pain and suffering.
 
 You don't say.
 
 -- 
 Pav Lucistnik <pav at oook.cz>
               <pav at FreeBSD.org>
 
 Stupidity got us into this mess -- why can't it get us out?