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Subject: ports/1837: enhancement to ports
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>Number:         1837
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       ports upgrade too fast :)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Oct 18 10:20:03 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Misha k&
>Organization:
Video Collage
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-960612-SNAP i386
>Environment:


>Description:

	Thanks to the ports team and contiubutors, ports get
	upgraded to the last versions fast (well, there are
	some exclusions like ImageMagick). This makes many
	files on /usr/ports/distfiles outdated, causing the
	neccessity to download the entire package. Language of the
	Makefile allows for relatively easy check if the previous
	version exists. And if it does -- only download the
	diffs (either from the MASTER-SITE or from FreeBSD's
	collection).

	The good example would be ghostscript403. I just recently went
	thru the 40 minuts download of gs401 -- boom, new ports want
	403. Yes, one can do this manually, but...

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
	
	Apply the diffs manually (if they exist anywhere).
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: