portupgrade modifys EVERY +CONTENTS now?

[Kris Kennaway]

On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 12:49:31AM -0400, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 11:10:42PM -0400, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > 	I've noticed that recent version(s?) of portupgrade seem to update
> > > the +CONTENTS of *EVERY* package on my system, not just the ones it used to
> > > actually make a difference to. Is there a way to revert to the old behaviour?
> > > With 915 ports (WAS only around 600 before the recent Xorg upgrade) its a
> > > killer. On my Soekris with a CF drive, and only 57 ports, its still killing
> > > that CF chip.
> > 
> > Please show us how you came to this conclusion.
> > 
> > Kris
> >
> 	"script" output from a recent update :
> 
> --->  Upgrade of sysutils/bsdstats started at: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:52:00 -0400
> --->  Upgrading 'bsdstats-5.3' to 'bsdstats-5.3_4' (sysutils/bsdstats)
> OK? [yes] 
> --->  Build of sysutils/bsdstats started at: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:52:09 -0400
> --->  Building '/usr/ports/sysutils/bsdstats'
> ===>  Cleaning for bsdstats-5.3_4
> ===>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
> ===>  Extracting for bsdstats-5.3_4
> ===>  Patching for bsdstats-5.3_4
> ===>  Configuring for bsdstats-5.3_4
> --->  Build of sysutils/bsdstats ended at: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:52:10 -0400 (cons
> umed 00:00:00)
> --->  Updating dependency info
> --->  Modifying /var/db/pkg/Hermes-1.3.3_2/+CONTENTS

Is it actually writing to these files, or just examining them to see
whether they need to be updated?

Kris