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Date:      Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:54:58 -0400
From:      "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
To:        youshi10@u.washington.edu
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: regular portsdb maintanence
Message-ID:  <20070328005458.GP11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0703271738280.8636@hymn07.u.washington.edu>
References:  <20070328002547.GN11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <Pine.LNX.4.43.0703271738280.8636@hymn07.u.washington.edu>

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On 27/03/07 youshi10@u.washington.edu said:

> I can't say I've used that option lately, but I'm pretty sure that what=
=20
> you're experiencing occurs because stuff a) gets moved or b) gets removed=
.=20
> Versioned port like lib/libnet10 for instance gets replaced by lib/libnet=
11=20
> in the future for instance.
>=20
> You shouldn't really have to do something like this more than once a mont=
h=20
> though I would think unless you're a heavy ports user, because ports don'=
t=20
> get moved / removed frequently (except as of late where there seems to be=
 a=20
> bit of a ports revamp going on). So, maybe once every two weeks for now?

Thanks, I'll try that.=20

I think I'll run portsclean now and then too, and whatever other regular
cleaning I can do.

Mike
--=20
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It
takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
direction." --Albert Einstein

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