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Date:      Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:41:42 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: INDEX build failure FBSD 4.10
Message-ID:  <200406102141.42340.kstewart@owt.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040611034817.GA6347@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <20040610221645.2be7ce46@localhost> <20040610223525.49da37b8@localhost> <20040611034817.GA6347@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On Thursday 10 June 2004 08:48 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 10:35:25PM -0400, epilogue@allstream.net 
wrote:
> > hello kris,
> >
> > d'uh and sorry.  thanks for the *extremely prompt* reply and for
> > being gentle.   :)
> >
> > a couple of really quick questions...  doesn't this requirement
> > somewhat defeat the flexibility suggested by a 'refuse' file?
>
> Sort of.  It's still useful, just not for what you want to do with
> it.
>
> > did i miss an
> > announcement of this feature being retired?
>
> It's never been supported.
>

However, you can refuse ports/INDEX and save yourself a 5MB download 
everytime you cvsup ports-all.

Kent


-- 
Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

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