Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:09:33 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: jpeg-7 - rebuild all dependencies - how? Message-ID: <20090724180933.24883609@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <200907240828.15904.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <20090724120343.GA74404@aurora.oekb.co.at> <20090724133214.GE51640@torus.slightlystrange.org> <d36406630907240652k651c927dj1f3c5a48d5ce3624@mail.gmail.com> <200907240828.15904.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
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On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:28:14 -0800 Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote: > On Friday 24 July 2009 05:52:37 chris scott wrote: > > > maybe it would be a good idea for ports to have an event log like > > yum does on centos. Just a simple log of stuff added, removed, and > > upgraded. It would be invaluable in this situation as you could see > > what was removed and it would be fairly easy to recover. It just > > may take a little time. > > Err, this is available through cvs log/cvs diff. I believe he's referring to a log of package installs and deletes. What would probably be more useful, is to periodically write out an ordered list of leaf-origins, then you can just diff today's file with an older copy. I used to have a script for it, but it fell-off. I think package-cut-leaves keeps a similar list.
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