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Date:      Fri, 18 Sep 1998 19:05:26 -0700
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>
Cc:        fieber@indiana.edu, marquis@roble.com, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sshd
Message-ID:  <19980918190526.A27515@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <199809182332.QAA20213@bubba.whistle.com>; from Archie Cobbs on Fri, Sep 18, 1998 at 04:32:36PM -0700
References:  <19980918185728.A248@mrmell> <199809182332.QAA20213@bubba.whistle.com>

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On Fri, Sep 18, 1998 at 04:32:36PM -0700, Archie Cobbs wrote:
> 
> Can you give an example where pkg_delete_im_gonna_upgrade_now !=
> pkg_delete_for_ever ? What does pkg_delete_im_gonna_upgrade_now mean
> exactly?

Configuration files.  Saved games directories.  Certain data files.

pkg_delete_im_gonna_upgrade_now does not delete these files.


> I would think pkg_delete_for_ever should be the default.

You may argue for a default once there is a choice between two
options.  :)


> All stuff that wants to go in /etc should go in /usr/local/etc and/or
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d instead.

Like /etc/passwd?


> > A (probably) surprising number of ports will legitimately require
> > a read-write /.
> 
> Then the port has a bug, IMHO (oh well, MHO never counted for much.. :-)

YHO is wrong.  :)


-- 
Me.  Who'd you think wrote this?

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