From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Sep 5 22: 6:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FF1F37B400; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 22:06:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from softweyr.com (softweyr.com [65.88.244.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98A5D43E3B; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 22:06:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from nextgig-8.access.nethere.net ([66.63.140.200] helo=softweyr.com) by softweyr.com with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 17nBHT-000DoF-00; Thu, 05 Sep 2002 23:03:43 -0600 Message-ID: <3D783951.7A449353@softweyr.com> Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 22:12:49 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Will Andrews Cc: Kris Kennaway , "David W. Chapman Jr." , Simon 'corecode' Schubert , rbeyer@rossbeyer.net, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: package tools into ports/ (was: Re: Bzipped?) References: <20020901142653.A32415@capable.rogards.com> <20020901191937.GI87971@leviathan.inethouston.net> <20020902103215.36ae8e3b.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> <20020902085654.GH2072@procyon.firepipe.net> <3D7445D3.DAA2C9B9@softweyr.com> <00a001c2534d$a89576f0$f800a8c0@dwcjr> <20020903152048.GC77952@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020903173644.GQ2072@procyon.firepipe.net> <3D77B46E.F654A94F@softweyr.com> <20020905195241.GM96003@procyon.firepipe.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Will Andrews wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 12:45:50PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > > So how is the new package supposed to correctly update binaries that are > > not part of a package? Do you propose this as a change to the pkg tools? > > Please note that currently they will not do this unless you force it. > > What are you talking about? pkg_* have never touched files that > aren't part of a package. :-) If I'd meant -f, I would've said -f. I meant "force it" as in "delete or rename the file pkg_add won't overwrite." Remember the Alexander Haig rule of government: "When all else fails, result to brute force and ignorance. Oh hell, let's just start with brute force and ignorance." -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message