>Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 08:36:35 -0800 (PST)
>From: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>

>That's true. However, if we offer `jumbo packages' of popular
>programs, as I suggested, I don't want to have to go through the
>entire package before I untar it, just to make sure that none of
>the dozens of files it drops in /usr/local/whatever are going to
>stomp on programmes I've customised. If I do find a copy of ssh in
>the package, chance are it's not configured like mine, and I'd have
>to move my /usr/local/*/ssh* stuff all out of the way before I
>installed it, and then move my /usr/local/*/ssh* stuff back. That's
>a lot more work than just deleting /usr/contrib/*/ssh* after I've
>unpacked the jumbo package.

The smart (and easy) thing to do for problems like this would be to
make pkg_add ask before overwriting anything.
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