Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 01:01:28 -0400 From: Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Subject: Re: Confused with Refuse Message-ID: <200505240101.28434.rperry@gti.net> In-Reply-To: <44psvix8ac.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <200505221429.58567.rperry@gti.net> <200505231120.29223.rperry@gti.net> <44psvix8ac.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Mon May 23 2005 11:37 am, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net> writes: > > On Mon May 23 2005 9:30 am, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net> writes: > > > > About to synch up the entire source tree with RELENG_5_4_0_RELEASE. > > > > Earlier I created a refuse file, (/var/db/sup/refuse), when I > > > > upgraded my doc and ports collection in 5.3 but remember reading > > > > somewhere that a refuse file was not necessarily recommended when > > > > updating an entire source tree. Is that still the case? > > > > > > You may not be able to build your own INDEX, and dependency-tracking > > > packages may get confused if the INDEX doesn't match the installed > > > ports, but things won't necessarily break. But you're on your own; > > > please don't report problems unless you know they occur with a fully > > > updated tree. > > > > That's the sort of warning I remember. Just couldn't readily understand > > why the Handbook still recommends creating it. > > It recommends refuse files for the doc tree, which is *very* useful, > because most users only want one language. On the ports tree, it > mentions that some people do it, but doesn't recommend it as a general > policy. It will work a lot of the time, and the ports makefiles warn > about having a complete ports collection before reporting certain > kinds of errors. > _______________________________________________ Thanks again. I'll just use it for the doc tree for now. Bob
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