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Re: First Port: kdeutils-2.1.1 (Questions..)

To: <heko@iki.fi>
Subject: Re: First Port: kdeutils-2.1.1 (Questions..)
From: "J.C. Roberts" <unknown@abac.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 13:01:18 -0700
Cc: ports@openbsd.org
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108062246000.13389-100000@saitti.net>
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References: <15214.61693.782868.975331@texas.blueskystudios.com> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108062246000.13389-100000@saitti.net>
Reply-to: unknown@abac.com
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On Mon, 6 Aug 2001 22:47:49 +0300 (EEST), you wrote:

>On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Dan Weeks wrote:
>
>> if the packages are removed maybe they should be replaced with a script
>> that prints a message like "application X not installed because of
>> incorrect operation on OpenBSD."  Then when users are migrating over they
>> will know the skinny.
>
>I'd preferably put this sort of information in DESCR or similar.
>Much cleaner IMO, and won't clutter PLIST. ("Whee, pkg_info -L
>says I have these.. - oops, I don't.")
>
>Part of those applications will probably seldom get invoked
>from commandline anyways, if I'm not mistaken?
>
>

LOL  -The application listing I posted was actually copied from my
current DESCR

JCR

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