Subject: Re: lightweight groff package?
To: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
From: Sean Davis <dive@endersgame.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 08/20/2003 08:37:44
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 08:30:03AM -0400, Todd Vierling wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Sean Davis wrote:
> 
> : Not to mention the fact that pkg_chk will exit if one package fails to
> : build, leaving everything in a half-installed (if one is lucky) state, to be
> : recovered manually.
> 
> "make replace" is your friend.  8-)

Yes, this is what I typically use when I'm upgrading something and don't feel
like waiting for make update. It's just that I'm afraid the "Experimental
target: possible data loss" (whatever it says) will bite me sooner or later ;)

-Sean

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