#37052: Wiped out disk after Macports uninstall --------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: lkrezdorn@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.1.2 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: | --------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by dluke@…): Replying to [ticket:37052 lkrezdorn@…]:

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~/ .macports[[BR]]

if you really did that (with the space there), that was your problem. You'll need to restore from backup (as rm -rf ~/ would remove everything in your home directory) -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37052#comment:2> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#37052: Wiped out disk after Macports uninstall --------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: lkrezdorn@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.1.2 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: | --------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by macports@…):

So with no space everything would have been OK ? Yes, the space is to blame for the tragic consequences of your copypasta mistake. :-/

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#37052: Wiped out disk after Macports uninstall --------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: lkrezdorn@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.1.2 Resolution: invalid | Keywords: Port: | --------------------------+-------------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@…): * component: ports => base Old description:

Hi,

Following the MacPorts uninstall tutorial (http://guide.macports.org/#installing.macports.uninstalling), after trying to remove "all remaining traces" I had my desktop and documents wiped out, and till now, I was not able to recover anything. [[BR]]

Can someone help with this ? Or at least tell me what went wrong ?

Below the instructions I followed, just like in the tutorial :

alf$ sudo rm -rf \ [[BR]]

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/opt/local \ [[BR]] /Applications/MacPorts \ [[BR]] /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.* \[[BR]] /Library/Receipts/DarwinPorts*.pkg \[[BR]] /Library/Receipts/Macports*.pkg \[[BR]] /Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup \[[BR]] /Library/Tcl/darwinports1.0 \[[BR]] /Library/Tcl/macports1.0 \[[BR]] ~/ .macports[[BR]]

New description: Hi, Following the MacPorts uninstall tutorial (http://guide.macports.org/#installing.macports.uninstalling), after trying to remove "all remaining traces" I had my desktop and documents wiped out, and till now, I was not able to recover anything. Can someone help with this ? Or at least tell me what went wrong ? Below the instructions I followed, just like in the tutorial : {{{ alf$ sudo rm -rf \

/opt/local \ /Applications/MacPorts \ /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.* \ /Library/Receipts/DarwinPorts*.pkg \ /Library/Receipts/Macports*.pkg \ /Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup \ /Library/Tcl/darwinports1.0 \ /Library/Tcl/macports1.0 \ ~/ .macports }}}

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