Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 07:47:34 -0700 From: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (proposal) new flag for pkg_delete Message-ID: <20030903144734.GZ47671@procyon.firepipe.net> In-Reply-To: <20030903143948.GA61515@gattaca.yadt.co.uk> References: <20030903143948.GA61515@gattaca.yadt.co.uk>
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On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 03:39:48PM +0100, David Taylor wrote: > It fails to mention that if -f is specified it will also delete any files > where the MD5 checksum is incorrect. I have now been repeatedly bitten by > portupgrade wiping my configuration information because it specifies -f > (as it must, in order to remove packages which are still 'in use' by other > packages). Wrong way to fix the problem. Make the ports install sample config files and only add those to the plist, not the actual ones. Regards, -- wca
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