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Re: Another bypass in pkg_add with -f

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Subject: Re: Another bypass in pkg_add with -f
From: Marc Espie <espie@schutzenberger.liafa.jussieu.fr>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 01:12:39 +0200
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 10:33:15PM -0000, Brian J. Kifiak wrote:
> (This would go to bugs@ but nothing I send there usually gets
> commited.)

No. Not a good idea. `-f' already does too many things. There should
be several switches. Suppose you use `-f' for another reason, and get
this installed on top of another package when you didn't intend to.

Ooops....

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