From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Mar 30 16:31:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from rock.ghis.net (rock.ghis.net [209.222.164.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA01A37B769; Thu, 30 Mar 2000 16:29:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from will@blackdawn.com) Received: from argon.blackdawn.com (03-181.dial.008.popsite.net [209.69.196.181]) by rock.ghis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA60981; Thu, 30 Mar 2000 16:28:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by argon.blackdawn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 722A11A67; Thu, 30 Mar 2000 19:28:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 19:28:23 -0500 From: Will Andrews To: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami Cc: Akinori -Aki- MUSHA , kris@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: final call: VERSION variable Message-ID: <20000330192823.A7713@argon.blackdawn.com> References: <86aejgwf92.wl@archon.local.idaemons.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from asami@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 03:10:08PM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 03:10:08PM -0800, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote: > Yes, it doesn't make much sense now. That's why I mentioned the > symlink tree method for how to actually implemnet it. And upon deinstall, we would delete the symlinks if they exist, and not return an error if they don't, right? We also need to have a method for restoring symlinks, thereby allowing an easier "upgrade" path. I like this idea! -- Will Andrews GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message