Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 20:40:12 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/19868 - deleting catpages Message-ID: <20020901034012.GA9368@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20020831230149.GA41911@turquoise> References: <20020831230149.GA41911@turquoise>
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--sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 07:01:49PM -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > The PR ports/19868 is a PR for pkg_delete not deleting catpages. >=20 > Once upon a time (say back on July 18, 2000) I had a patch to > fix this PR. I think my patch may also have fixed a problem where > NOMANCOMPRESS + MLINKS was slightly broken. Due to a combination > of mine and asami's delinquincy, as well as the Internet Gremlins, > the patch got eaten (several times) by cyberspace. >=20 > Anyways, after perusing (*) several years of email, it seems there's > been some debate as to whether the catpages should simply be deleted > and removed from FreeBSD altogether. >=20 > With that in mind: is it worthwhile for me to resurrect this patch > from the graveyard and verify/test with a modern -STABLE ? I don't think there are any immediate plans to remove catpages from -current (let alone -stable), so it would still be worthwhile to do this. Kris --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9cYwbWry0BWjoQKURAk1mAKCyanC7PG1haMIR7hyGwnUqlZy88ACgvkzC 9JLVS5ToGEakyztzFoF0XOk= =jeRF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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