On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:28:14 -0800
Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote:

> On Friday 24 July 2009 05:52:37 chris scott wrote:
> 
> > maybe it would be a good idea for ports to have an event log like
> > yum does on centos. Just a simple log of stuff added, removed, and
> > upgraded. It would be invaluable in this situation as you could see
> > what was removed and it would be fairly easy to recover. It just
> > may take a little time.
> 
> Err, this is available through cvs log/cvs diff.

I believe he's referring to a log of package installs and deletes. 

What would probably be more useful, is to periodically write out an
ordered list of leaf-origins, then you can just diff today's file with
an older copy. I used to have a script for it, but it fell-off. I think
package-cut-leaves keeps a similar list.
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