From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Aug 31 20:40:18 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 F0DB937B400 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 20:40:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-64-165-226-146.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [64.165.226.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42B0543E65 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 20:40:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C742166B41; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 20:40:12 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 20:40:12 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Tim Vanderhoek Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/19868 - deleting catpages Message-ID: <20020901034012.GA9368@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20020831230149.GA41911@turquoise> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020831230149.GA41911@turquoise> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i 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 --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 07:01:49PM -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > The PR ports/19868 is a PR for pkg_delete not deleting catpages. >=20 > Once upon a time (say back on July 18, 2000) I had a patch to > fix this PR. I think my patch may also have fixed a problem where > NOMANCOMPRESS + MLINKS was slightly broken. Due to a combination > of mine and asami's delinquincy, as well as the Internet Gremlins, > the patch got eaten (several times) by cyberspace. >=20 > Anyways, after perusing (*) several years of email, it seems there's > been some debate as to whether the catpages should simply be deleted > and removed from FreeBSD altogether. >=20 > With that in mind: is it worthwhile for me to resurrect this patch > from the graveyard and verify/test with a modern -STABLE ? I don't think there are any immediate plans to remove catpages from -current (let alone -stable), so it would still be worthwhile to do this. Kris --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9cYwbWry0BWjoQKURAk1mAKCyanC7PG1haMIR7hyGwnUqlZy88ACgvkzC 9JLVS5ToGEakyztzFoF0XOk= =jeRF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message