Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 02:05:20 -0700 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: Johann Manaf <fecju@hobbiton.org> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Distribution sets Message-ID: <20010711090520.26E2E3E2F@bazooka.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.21.0107110344040.27346-100000@thorin>; from fecju@hobbiton.org on "Wed, 11 Jul 2001 03:46:32 -0500 (CDT)"
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Johann Manaf <fecju@hobbiton.org> writes: > How about making the distribution sets packages that you can easily remove > on your system? I find it pretty annoying when e.g. OpenSSH and/or XFree86 XFree86 is a package like you ask, not a distribution. Always has been. > comes out in a new version, and I have to remove something that pkg_info > isn't aware of. How the hell am I suppose to know where all the files are > at? You're not. You're not supposed to remove them. Just install the port of the new version. If you can't live with the fact that you might have two copies of some files--one in /usr and one in /usr/local--just install the port into /usr. This isn't recommended, but it is possible. Dima Dorfman dima@unixfreak.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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