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Date:      Mon, 8 Jan 2018 18:40:07 +0100
From:      Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>
To:        Matt Smith <matt.xtaz@gmail.com>, Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org>, FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: All those notes...
Message-ID:  <a399c55c-1a5b-6e23-0ed4-5e2684abc2cf@madpilot.net>
In-Reply-To: <20180108085039.GA31864@gmail.com>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.21.1801080841480.53831@aneurin.horsfall.org> <alpine.BSF.2.21.1801081428110.53831@aneurin.horsfall.org> <20180108085039.GA31864@gmail.com>

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On 01/08/2018 09:50, Matt Smith wrote:
> On Jan 08 14:44, Dave Horsfall wrote:
>> Why would /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf need to be removed if not 
>> needed?  Surely as I've just upgraded it, I might want it?
> 
> The notes are for people installing the port/package for the very first 
> time or for people removing the package. It's telling you things that 
> you should do to get it working initially or how to clean up old files 
> that are no longer used now you've deleted it.
> 
> You are only seeing these notes because the act of upgrading them 
> removes the old package and then installs the new package.
> 

Anyway the notes are in the package database. They are accessible with
"pkg info -D <pkg|origin>". Obviously you must know which package notes
you want to read.

-- 
Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>



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