Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 09:35:12 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> Cc: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multi-level categories Message-ID: <20000110093512.A5547@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <20000109175315.G96061@florence.pavilion.net> References: <XFMail.000103161438.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> <vqc4scoddtw.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <20000109175315.G96061@florence.pavilion.net>
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On Sun 2000-01-09 (17:53), Josef Karthauser wrote: > On a slightly different note... it would be really good if the > pkg_install program could ask if you wanted to uninstall a previous > version at install time. Part of why this isn't possible at the > moment is that the /var/db/pkg hierarchy doesn't contain the actual > package name anywhere, only the 'pkgname-version'. If the structure > of the ports directory is seriously being reconsidered, isn't it > time to reconsider the structure of the /var/db/pkg hierarchy as > well to make it more future proof? It contains the package name. It also contains the version. Where's the problem? Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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