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} 
} Dave Hayes writes:
}   Hear hear. In fact, abstracting even further, is there any way to do
}   this with arbitrary packages (like PERL5, Tk, etc.) so that one has
}   the option of NOT installing the outdated versions of stuff in the
}   "packages" collection? 
} 
} How about keeping up with ports-current with cvsup?  
}   

But -current isn't meant to be mainstream.

Since the various packages are beyond the control of FreeBSD it would
be nice if there was an automated way to get just the latest versions
and leave the older stuff behind.


Richard