Subject: Re: package work dirs and clean
To: Dan Winship <danw@ximian.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 05/21/2001 17:08:41
On 18 May 2001, Dan Winship wrote:
> On 18 May 2001 11:58:23 +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> > One recurring problem with pkgsrc is that if work directories are
> > not cleaned a later build can end up {re,}installing an older
> > version, or in some other way causing chaos.
>
> "make clean-update" helps avoid this. Should probably be better
> documented.
Hmm - maybe 'make update' should run an implicit 'clean-update'
if there are no signs of an outstanding 'make update' in the work
directory?
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