From owner-cvs-all Sun Mar 25 9:55:40 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.208.78.105]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DBC537B71E; Sun, 25 Mar 2001 09:55:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f2PHwdO25136; Sun, 25 Mar 2001 09:58:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 09:58:39 -0800 From: Steve Kargl To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: Brian Somers , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/periodic/weekly 400.status-pkg Message-ID: <20010325095839.A25046@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20010325092045.A24469@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <49813.985541034@critter> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <49813.985541034@critter>; from phk@critter.freebsd.dk on Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 07:23:54PM +0200 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 07:23:54PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20010325092045.A24469@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, Steve Kargl wr > ites: > >On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 03:35:23AM -0800, Brian Somers wrote: > >> brian 2001/03/25 03:35:23 PST > >> > >> Modified files: > >> etc/periodic/weekly 400.status-pkg > >> Log: > >> Identify obsolete ports > >> > > > >Is this really a good idea? I have 29 ports that are > >considered obsolete on my system. One of those 29 > >is png-1.0.8. If I blindly update png, do I then > >need to update all the ports that depend on png: > > Despite all the good things one can say about our ports system, > I don't think anyone should do anything "blindly" to their > installed ports. Which is my point! Once every week, the script tells people to update their obsolete ports. Perhaps, I spend too much time answering questions in USENET to have higher expectations of Joe Normal User. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message