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Date:      Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:08:07 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>
To:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
Cc:        nbm@mithrandr.moria.org, schuerge@wjpserver.CS.Uni-SB.DE, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Check for ports updates
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10006282000540.27618-100000@arnold.neland.dk>
In-Reply-To: <200006281550.RAA00879@Magelan.Leidinger.net>

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On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Alexander Leidinger wrote:

> On 28 Jun, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote:
> 
> >> Any reason not to put this into bsd.port.mk?
> >> 
> >> make update
> > 
> > It will break the system at least 20% of the time.  Change 20% to 100%
> > for gnome, kde, xpm, png, tiff, jpeg, and so forth.
> 
> I've successfully updated png/tiff/jpeg and some gnome packages
> (core/libs, but not from 1.0.x to 1.2.x) this way. 100% is to much, but
> even 10% is to much for "make update".
> 
Can the portmaintainer add a flag: 

NO_UPDATE="major jump in version - keep old version too" 

Or

UPDATE_OK="1.0.3"
meaning it's ok to upgrade if the previous version is 1.0.3 or higher.

Leif




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