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Date:      30 Nov 2000 13:08:21 +0100
From:      Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net>
To:        Jason R Mastaler <jason@mastaler.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NetBSD package system features
Message-ID:  <4s0py85m.fsf@gits.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: Jason R Mastaler's message of "29 Nov 2000 22:28:07 -0700"
References:  <00112811292900.19785@nightshade> <20001128231806.A318@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <200011282208.eASM8lO60591@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <20001129002142.B318@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <x7wvdmav14.fsf@aguirre.la.mastaler.com>

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Jason R Mastaler <jason@mastaler.com> writes:

> Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> writes:
> 
> > I might even go so far in my enthusiasm as to actually draft some
> > kind of update utility (I do not feel all that warm and fuzzy about
> > mucking up /usr/ports/Mk makefiles :)
> 
> I don't understand this.  It seems more useful to create an "update"
> make target instead of detaching the functionality into yet another
> (un)maintained utility.
> 
> What does Bruce and others think about this?

consider someone who doesn't have the ports tree and which only install
binary ports from CDs or whatever. so, something like pkg_add -u is required.

Cyrille.
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