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Date:      Fri, 8 Jun 2012 23:54:35 -0700
From:      Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        freebsd@dreamchaser.org, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: prune ports tree?
Message-ID:  <CAF6rxgkmWr=4UFHuHJLmc=MQj8O8WOidwEmek9=C_X_0z_HfCA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120609082134.42a36d30.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <4FD2E7EF.1060208@dreamchaser.org> <20120609082134.42a36d30.freebsd@edvax.de>

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On 8 June 2012 23:21, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 00:06:39 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
>> Is it possible to specify that parts of the ports tree should never be used?
> This approach does _not_ work well when using portsnap. From
> the portsnap.conf manpage: "Note that operating with an incomplete
> ports tree is not supported and may cause unexpected results."

Note that the issue of incomplete ports trees has nothing to do with
portsnap - it is unsupported no matter how you obtain ports.

-- 
Eitan Adler



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