Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:53:09 -0800 (PST) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org, (Satoshi Asami) <asami@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: editor/nedit patching fails Message-ID: <XFMail.980331145309.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <5331.891379763@time.cdrom.com>
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On 31-Mar-98 Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> Which indicates environmental deltas. If I follow the procedure and it >> breaks, the procedure is broken. Either by not checking or by not >> setting >> the environment properly. Example, if I supposedly have the wrong >> version >> of patch(1), then the port is sensitive to patch version and should >> check >> for it. > > Or you need to make sure that your installation of 3.0 is a _clean_ > (that is, from scratch) installation since that's the "target market" > at which 3.0 will eventually be aimed. There's so much that's changed > between 2.x and 3.0, it might not even be possible to offer an > automated upgrade for it (at least not one without lots of specialized > intelligence, anyway). That was already done. Each pass through the ports make contaminates the system further. Your proposal (start from scratch) is the M$ support solution. Not acceptable in production environment :-( ---------- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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