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Subject: Re: Freshly installed 3.1-19990328-STABLE is too old for bsd.port.mk?
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 * From: Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>

 * >I think [that sysinstall shouldn't install a /var/db/pkg/.mkversion]!
 * >Too evil.
 * 
 * But since it doesn't, the ports system doesn't work on freshly installed
 * systems.  I don't think that's a particularly desirable state.

I don't think anyone is arguing that the current state of affairs is
particularly desirable. ;)

It's just that the snaps are currently broken while we sort out the
issues.

Speaking of which, are releases still broken?  Now that I think about
it, I don't think sysinstall has anything to do with it -- the release
uses installworld to populate the staging area, so the system should
already have a timestamp of the build date.

-W


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