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Date:      Sun, 25 Mar 2001 09:58:39 -0800
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc/periodic/weekly 400.status-pkg
Message-ID:  <20010325095839.A25046@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <49813.985541034@critter>; from phk@critter.freebsd.dk on Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 07:23:54PM %2B0200
References:  <20010325092045.A24469@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <49813.985541034@critter>

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On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 07:23:54PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <20010325092045.A24469@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, Steve Kargl wr
> ites:
> >On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 03:35:23AM -0800, Brian Somers wrote:
> >> brian       2001/03/25 03:35:23 PST
> >> 
> >>   Modified files:
> >>     etc/periodic/weekly  400.status-pkg 
> >>   Log:
> >>   Identify obsolete ports
> >>   
> >
> >Is this really a good idea?  I have 29 ports that are
> >considered obsolete on my system.  One of those 29 
> >is png-1.0.8.  If I blindly update png, do I then
> >need to update all the ports that depend on png:
> 
> Despite all the good things one can say about our ports system,
> I don't think anyone should do anything "blindly" to their
> installed ports.

Which is my point!  Once every week, the script tells people
to update their obsolete ports.  Perhaps, I spend too much
time answering questions in USENET to have higher expectations
of Joe Normal User.

-- 
Steve

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