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Date:      Fri, 13 Oct 2000 18:16:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu>
To:        Leif Neland <leif@neland.dk>
Cc:        Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ports won't build on stable
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010131815110.719-100000@peloton.runet.edu>
In-Reply-To: <00cf01c03559$0f589940$0e00a8c0@neland.dk>

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Hi,

On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Leif Neland wrote:

> A: Could the ports tarball be created from a cvsup'ped tree with
> whatever information is needed for cvs to recognize it as its own
> child?

I guess it could.

> B: Shouldn't the need to erase a tarballed tree be mentioned in the
> UPDATING?

You don't need to erase the whole tree, just an pkg/ or patches/
directories that don't get removed.

> C: Do you really mean it won't _touch_ what it hasn't created, or it
> just won't remove what it hasn't created?

Sorry - it won't remove it is correct.  

Standard disclaimer - this is what I remember only and may be worth only
the electrons used to put this on your screen.  :-)

Brett
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