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To: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi - the Wraith - Asami)
Cc: jhay@mikom.csir.co.za, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: /var/db/pkg/.mkversion 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:08:20 PST."
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:52:29 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
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Committing /var/db/pkg to mtree was fine, it probably should have been
there to begin with.  Sticking things into it outside of pkg_add,
however, is evil.  pkg_add "owns" this directory and every time we've
tried to go behind its back, so to speak, we've been raped for it.
The whole mess with XFree68 was a total nightmare and is what happens
when changes like this are made without really thinking things out.

No more kludges, please.  I'm not changing sysinstall and make world
shouldn't be writing into /var/db/pkg either.  If you've found it
necessasry to do this, then you've made a mistake just as you did
with XFree86 and need to think about the problem again.

- Jordan


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