Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 11:20:29 -0400 From: Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Subject: Re: Confused with Refuse Message-ID: <200505231120.29223.rperry@gti.net> In-Reply-To: <44sm0e133s.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <200505221429.58567.rperry@gti.net> <44sm0e133s.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Mon May 23 2005 9:30 am, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net> writes: > > About to synch up the entire source tree with RELENG_5_4_0_RELEASE. > > Earlier I created a refuse file, (/var/db/sup/refuse), when I upgraded my > > doc and ports collection in 5.3 but remember reading somewhere that a > > refuse file was not necessarily recommended when updating an entire > > source tree. Is that still the case? > > You may not be able to build your own INDEX, and dependency-tracking > packages may get confused if the INDEX doesn't match the installed > ports, but things won't necessarily break. But you're on your own; > please don't report problems unless you know they occur with a fully > updated tree. That's the sort of warning I remember. Just couldn't readily understand why the Handbook still recommends creating it. Thanks for your response. Bob Perry
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