Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:30:26 -0500 (EST) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> To: Tony Wells <awells@journalstar.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What are the differences? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001281429280.19364-100000@peloton.runet.edu> In-Reply-To: <3891C419.C0015543@journalstar.com>
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Hi, On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Tony Wells wrote: > I guess I should also mention that you should back up any config files > before you delete a package you plan to upgrade, since if they're in > the packing list they will get blown away by a pkg_delete. If you find a port doing this, you should immediately mail freebsd-ports (and preferably submit a report via send-pr with a fix) as ports are NOT supposed to blow away configuration files! Brett ***************************************************** Dr. Brett Taylor brett@peloton.runet.edu * Dept of Chem and Physics * Curie 39A (540) 831-6147 * Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics * Walker 234 (540) 831-5410 * ***************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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