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Date:      Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:30:26 -0500 (EST)
From:      Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu>
To:        Tony Wells <awells@journalstar.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: What are the differences?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001281429280.19364-100000@peloton.runet.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3891C419.C0015543@journalstar.com>

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Hi,

On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Tony Wells wrote:

> I guess I should also mention that you should back up any config files
> before you delete a package you plan to upgrade, since if they're in
> the packing list they will get blown away by a pkg_delete.

If you find a port doing this, you should immediately mail freebsd-ports
(and preferably submit a report via send-pr with a fix) as ports are NOT
supposed to blow away configuration files!

Brett
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