cvs commit: ports UPDATING

[Dominic Fandrey]

On 01/07/2011 05:22, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 06/30/2011 14:03, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>> stephen     2011-06-30 21:03:43 UTC
>>
>>    FreeBSD ports repository
>>
>>    Modified files:
>>      .                    UPDATING
>>    Log:
>>    - Tell octave-forge* users to completely remove old ports before
>> reinstalling.
> 
> This is not the first time this issue (ports doing the wrong thing if
> you try to build them while they are installed) has come up, and I've
> been thinking ... do we need something like a NO_REINSTALL flag that can
> be added to a port's Makefile to indicate the problem? ...

I think kdelibs3 has taken care of this by conflicting with itself.


-- 
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?