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Date:      Sat, 27 May 2006 05:14:34 +0400
From:      Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@mail.ru>
To:        Freddie Cash <fcash@ocis.net>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Good examples of not deleting custom config files/installing new config files
Message-ID:  <20060527011434.GB52352@hades.panopticon>
In-Reply-To: <37663.192.168.0.10.1148686196.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca>
References:  <37663.192.168.0.10.1148686196.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca>

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* Freddie Cash (fcash@ocis.net) wrote:
> Could someone point me to some ports that do a good job of not
> deleting custom config files when you do updates?  I'd like to
Look at, for example, mail/mutt. Many ports handle configs in the
same way. The trick is done by @exec and @unexec directives in
pkg-plist, they are pretty self-explainable. This also works perfectly
when installing from package.

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Best regards,
 Dmitry                          mailto:amdmi3@mail.ru



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