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Date:      Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:11:07 -0500
From:      Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org>, cvs-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/net/ekiga pkg-plist
Message-ID:  <200801280811.08222@aldan>
In-Reply-To: <479D7578.1070504@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200801201628.m0KGSlq6037319@repoman.freebsd.org> <200801261328.47675@aldan> <479D7578.1070504@FreeBSD.org>

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On =D0=CF=CE=C5=C4=A6=CC=CF=CB 28 =D3=A6=DE=C5=CE=D8 2008, Doug Barton wrot=
e:
=3D > We don't need to come with anything for this case -- the timestamp on=
=20
=3D > pkg-plist can (almost) always be compared with that=20
=3D > of /var/db/pkg/FOO/+CONTENTS
=3D=20
=3D I beg to differ, I think it can basically never be relied on. The
=3D +CONTENTS file is updated many times after the port is installed,
=3D either by tools like portmaster, or by the ports infrastructure
=3D itself. (Think dependency tracking via pkgdep.)

Ok, so +CONTENTS is a "living document". But +COMMENT and +DESC are never=20
modified once created -- they can be relied upon...

	-mi



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