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On Tue 23 Jun 2009 at 07:09:28 PDT dan wrote:
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>I used both pkg_updating and portupdate-scan to scan UPDATING [pkg_updating
>did not show an entry suggesting to update python to version 2.6 (which
>Portupdate-scan did)].

Well, I just learned something from this thread.  I didn't know about
these tools.  Thanks for mentioning them! I usually use portupgrade, in
a rather simple-minded way.  Now you've inspired me to spend some time
reading the manpages, to see how I can improve my routine.