Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 18:50:50 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net>, Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>, "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@bart.nl>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete perform.c Message-ID: <20000112185050.F68030@florence.pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <200001121837.KAA29133@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> References: <20000112131941.A27482@rtfm.net> <200001121837.KAA29133@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 10:37:35AM -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > Actually a better modification is to stop using the version of the > name of the directory all togeather and store it inside the directory, > one thing this would fix is installing over the top of an existing > port with a newer port and then pkg_delete of the older port leaving > you screwed up. Or not pkg_delete the old port and leaving cruft/wrong > files around. > That's what I was hinting at the other day. AFAIR it's been pointed out in the past the just because a port has the same name as another one doesn't mean that they actually do the same thing - different versions/ different functionality, etc. Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: Take the red pill and we'll show you just how Technical Manager deep the rabbit hole goes. (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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