Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:32:07 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Lutz Kittler <Lutz.Kittler@sse-erfurt.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: deleted ports Message-ID: <20031113073207.GA11871@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <200311130816.50610.Lutz.Kittler@sse-erfurt.de> References: <200311111000.57933.Lutz.Kittler@sse-erfurt.de> <20031111124909.595dc2da.kitsune@gmx.co.uk> <200311130816.50610.Lutz.Kittler@sse-erfurt.de>
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On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 08:16:50AM +0100, Lutz Kittler wrote: > Hi, > > I had a problem with the Mesa3-Port. Someone told me > that the port has moved to libglut. > The problem was, that /usr/ports/graphics/Mesa3 was > not deleted and the only in this directory was README.html. > When I deleted the file and the mesa-directory libglut was > installed and everything was okay. > > So I have 2 questions: > 1. Why the mesa-port dir wasnt deleted ? Because you had created the README.html file in that directory. (You have probably issued a 'make readmes' at some point in the past.) cvsup does not delete non-empty directories. > 2. Is there anywhere a description of the ports mechanism > inclusive meaning of files like MOVED? The ports(7) man page is a good place to start. In there you can find pointers to the rest of the documentation. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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