From owner-cvs-all Sun Mar 25 10: 5: 3 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from Awfulhak.org (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [194.222.196.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ED6437B718; Sun, 25 Mar 2001 10:04:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by Awfulhak.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f2PI58T25239; Sun, 25 Mar 2001 19:05:09 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@lan.Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f2PI7cw73619; Sun, 25 Mar 2001 19:07:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200103251807.f2PI7cw73619@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Steve Kargl Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , Brian Somers , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/periodic/weekly 400.status-pkg In-Reply-To: Message from Steve Kargl of "Sun, 25 Mar 2001 09:58:39 -0800." <20010325095839.A25046@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 19:07:38 +0100 From: Brian Somers 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. This script is disabled by default. If Joe Normal User doesn't understand what the output means then he shouldn't be enabling it. > -- > Steve -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message