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Date:      Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:04:33 +0000
From:      Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
To:        Alex Dupre <ale@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Jeremy Messenger <mezz.freebsd@gmail.com>, Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org>, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [RFC/HEADSUP] portmaster default -w (preserve shared libraries)
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On 11 Dec 2012 16:44, "Alex Dupre" <ale@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> Jeremy Messenger ha scritto:
>
> >> Absolutely yes from me. The -w option is real lifesaver and should be
> >> on by default.
> >
> > I disagree. The -w is a temp fix and not a correct solution, so it
> > shouldn't be default.
>
> I agree with your disagreement :-)
>

I get what you're saying, but please consider which is easier to reverse-
deleting an accidentally saved library, or restoring an accidentally
deleted library?

Defaults should be safe.  I was bitten by this with pcre- sometimes we
can't update all our ports at one time.

How isn't it correct?  We still keep src libraries around until we make
delete-old-libs.  Why should ports be different?

Chris



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