From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 23 14:25:35 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6BC416A400 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 14:25:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5836613C480 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 14:25:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 2635 invoked from network); 23 May 2007 09:25:34 -0500 Received: from 210-84-60-60.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (210.84.60.60) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 23 May 2007 09:25:34 -0500 Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 00:25:31 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Heinrich Rebehn Message-ID: <20070524002531.3cd65668@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4653F303.2000302@ant.uni-bremen.de> References: <46529E35.7080401@ant.uni-bremen.de> <20070523031505.3071bc9b@gumby.homeunix.com.> <4653F303.2000302@ant.uni-bremen.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.12; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: RW , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "portmanager -s" deletes ports? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:25:35 -0000 On Wed, 23 May 2007 09:53:39 +0200 Heinrich Rebehn wrote: > This is weird! A program that is supposed to show the *status* of > installed ports should never arbitrarily *remove* ports. I agree that is not clear why it is removing ports without warning. > I consider this > a severe bug. Luckily, this was on a server system where X11 is not > crucial. I really don't want to imagine the hassle i would have had if > portmanager had removed exim or apache or samba or ... I think the chances of that ever happening are pretty low - do you think any of them would get removed from ports? The fact that xorg-manpages was being orphaned is clearly documented in kris@ entry in ports/UPDATING. the solution is simple, dont use that tool , at least in the form you are using it. Regards, B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome Q. How do you make God laugh? A. Tell him your plans. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.