Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 00:16:20 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@freebsd.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recent bsd.port.mk changes Message-ID: <20030418071620.GE25227@vectors.cx> In-Reply-To: <20030418045754.GA94741@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <1050640352.58286.22.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20030418045754.GA94741@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> (04.17.2003 @ 2157 PST): Kris Kennaway said, in 2.4K: << > The major benefit of this change is that it prevents people from > installing one copy of the port over an older version, thereby > screwing up their /var/db/pkg and possibly leaving orphan files lying > around. I think that is important enough that it should stay in, in > some form. >> end of "Re: Recent bsd.port.mk changes" from Kris Kennaway << I'd really like an option that would allow the old rules for installing multiple versions of a port and only deinstalling the one referenced by the Makefile. # Adam - -- Adam Weinberger vectors.cx >> adam@vectors.cx FreeBSD.org << adamw@FreeBSD.ORG #vim:set ts=8: 8-char tabs prevent tooth decay. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+n6ZEo8KM2ULHQ/0RAvYxAJ4/nhGmwWiXorXPpQJkn91t0iqicwCdHjy0 FzjCm8RDv6RbT9591QpdUWc= =lpVk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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