Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:04:33 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Alex Dupre <ale@freebsd.org> Cc: Jeremy Messenger <mezz.freebsd@gmail.com>, Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org>, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [RFC/HEADSUP] portmaster default -w (preserve shared libraries) Message-ID: <CADLo838vaR2bXme4bFC=toFagL0--2F0vjCi61Fr_RYMixkRsw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50C762C4.9080302@FreeBSD.org> References: <50C7576C.5040100@FreeBSD.org> <CA%2B7WWScXnLqW=5kuG9_1Tj6aYptUJeUQY-64zzvTtEGVcVK9Cg@mail.gmail.com> <CADLFtte=_oGVySzkUP%2BqSMHa=qU4k2uMZMA01ESgfYnEkunKdg@mail.gmail.com> <50C762C4.9080302@FreeBSD.org>
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On 11 Dec 2012 16:44, "Alex Dupre" <ale@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Jeremy Messenger ha scritto: > > >> Absolutely yes from me. The -w option is real lifesaver and should be > >> on by default. > > > > I disagree. The -w is a temp fix and not a correct solution, so it > > shouldn't be default. > > I agree with your disagreement :-) > I get what you're saying, but please consider which is easier to reverse- deleting an accidentally saved library, or restoring an accidentally deleted library? Defaults should be safe. I was bitten by this with pcre- sometimes we can't update all our ports at one time. How isn't it correct? We still keep src libraries around until we make delete-old-libs. Why should ports be different? Chris
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