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To: Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net>
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Subject: Re: Ports explosion 
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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 00:52:28 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> I checked out the ports into a CLEAN directory.  Why would I have to prune
> in that case?  There was nothing there to prune!

You have to prune *as* you check out, and don't look at me since I certainly
didn't write CVS.

> You're saying that I have to prune WHENEVER I check out, not just as an 
> update, but from a clean start?  That is NOT how I understood this!

Then you've understood it incorrectly.

					Jordan