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Subject: Re: CFT: adding configuration file support to pkg_install
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Kris Kennaway wrote:
> packages are usually built from the ports tree, but not always, and 
> users may use packages without a ports tree present on the local system.
short of doing pkg_delete -af then pkg_add /some/dir
are there any ports-mgmt/* tools for upgrades that don't need the ports 
tree present.  I know portupgrade does.

Thats not an argument for or against, just commentary.