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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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Subject: Re: Ports with duplicate LATEST_LINKS
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On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 02:52:49PM +0200, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >Dear port maintainers,
> >
> >The following list includes ports maintained by you that have duplicate
> >LATEST_LINK values.  They should either be modified to use a unique
> >LATEST_LINK or suppressed using NO_LATEST_LINK, to avoid overwriting
> >each other in the packages/Latest directory.  If your ports conflict with
> >ports maintained by another person, please coordinate your efforts with
> >them.
>=20
> Kris, please don't suggest using NO_LATEST_LINK. Just recommend to set
> LATEST_LINK to a unique value, so that pkg_add -r ${LATEST_LINK} works.
> Most port committers don't use packages, so this feature is not widely
> understood.

OTOH, pkg_add -r ${SOMEBIZARRENAMETHATNOONEWILLEVERGUESS} is unproductive :)

Kris

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