On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Geert Hendrickx wrote:

> A distfile in pkgsrc should never change, otherwise people who already had
> it will have checksum errors (like Robert had).  So either the new file
> should be renamed, or the old file should be put back.

Putting the old file back won't help people who already have it.

I suggest using a new image with a new name that specifically includes a 
version number.

  Jeremy C. Reed

p.s. port-amd64 could be removed from this thread. It should probably be 
on tech-pkg.