Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 02:10:18 +0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@frontfree.net> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /usr/portsnap vs. /var/db/portsnap Message-ID: <20050807181018.GA61057@frontfree.net> In-Reply-To: <op.su4hqaef9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> References: <42F47C0D.2020704@freebsd.org> <42F51979.2020509@FreeBSD.org> <42F54DD4.7080901@freebsd.org> <op.su4gzdps9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <42F59AA8.2030605@freebsd.org> <op.su4hqaef9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 12:33:36AM -0500, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 00:22:48 -0500, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> > wrote: > > >Jeremy Messenger wrote: > >>Will portsnap improvement on to not delete any unoffical ports? I have > >>about 15 unoffical ports here in local machine and they are living in > >>/usr/ports for other tools' sake like portupgrade/pkgdb. I have never > >>use it, but I read in the bottom of > >>http://www.daemonology.net/portsnap/ . > > > >Portsnap will not remove any ports which it doesn't know about. Portsnap > >will only remove local modifications when they are in a port or > >infrastructure > >file (e.g., Mk/*) which portsnap is updating to a newer version. > > Good, thanks! Just a note - be careful when you are using portsnap for the first time, portsnap command "extract" will remove anything pre-exist, but as Colin said, portsnap "update" will never remove files that it is not known before. Cheers, -- Xin LI <delphij frontfree net> http://www.delphij.net/ See complete headers for GPG key and other information. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFC9k6K/cVsHxFZiIoRAs1MAJ9xv1FmF+9q76qdplHDXFCHve1KywCfWXJZ 79FjPAynnEdV3/VaHPUytpo= =11VN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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