Peter Pentchev <r...@ringlet.net> wrote: > Some ports might store "run state" in /var/db/<portname> or a similarly > named directory. The thing is, the decision whether to save this and > restore it or to keep it across runs actually depends on the port: for > database management systems such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc, you'll > probably want to keep the databases even if the ports themselves are > reinstalled, rolled back, restored, whatever. For some other systems, > you might want to remove the "current state" information of the version > that you are about to replace.
Good catch. No DBMS on this system, so no problem there, but there are two non-empty X11-related directories under /var/db: dbus and fontconfig. (The machine does have some X client apps, but not the X server.) _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
