Subject: Re: 'make update' question
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: pancake <pancake@phreaker.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/16/2004 15:15:33
i'm with you :)

On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 08:16:14AM -0400, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> is there any particular reason that the package is deinstalled before the
> build process starts?  would it be possible that the order is changed to, get
> new source, build, deinstall old pkg, install new pkg?
> 
> this is not a huge issue, but minimizing the time that a system is without a
> certain package during the update procedure sounds like it would be a Good
> Thing(tm) to have, no?
> 
> -brian
> -- 
> "Performing a Google search on the fairly unique name you've chosen weeks
> ago for a piece of software you're writing, only to discover that the
> sole occurance of that name is as a pen-name for someone who spends his
> spare time writing X-rated PowerPuff Girls fan fiction is pretty-much a
> buzzkill."				-- Jonathan Patschke --