On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:15:01 +0100
"Ja'far Railton" <zen25058@zen.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi folks I had spamassassin installed and working ok. Now it seems to
> have completely disappeared from my system. I have recently done a
> pkg_chk -u and wonder if anyone else has installed packages unexpectedly
> disappear after such an update. Thanks in advance. 
> 
> -- 
> Ja'far 
> 1.6.2 i386 current

yes, this is normal if spamassassin was obsolete, but could not be rebuilt
for some reason. IF you didn't use the -k option, it could also be the case
that pkg_chk aborted part way through the update.

A quick search of the mail lists will reveal many
suggestions about how to best use pkg_chk. 

I build everything in a chroot jail or on another system, use pkg_chk -i -r
to remove installed obsolete files, and then use pkg_chk -a -b to reinstall
the binary packages I made elsewhere. This way I go into the process knowing
that everything is ready beforehand.

-- 
Harry Waddell
Caravan Electronic Publishing
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