On Fri 24/10 11:29, Ingo Schwarze wrote: Hi Ingo, > Almost certainly not unneeded; Marc Espie@ has spent a lot of effort > on getting that right. At least, you don't show any evidence for > that claim, or for any bug in this area. > My bad; I should have said "maybe unneeded?"...
[...] > packages(7): > > The full version (package name and dependency names) is known as the > `update signature', and can be queried with pkg_info -S, for packages, > or make print-update-signature for ports. > [...] > > So, packages are automatically updated when new versions are available > compiled again newer libraries or newer dependencies, even if the > Makefile of the package itself (and hence its own version number) > did not change. That prevents .libs-* packages from needlessly > accumulating on your system. Got it; the "concept" of package signature was in fact obscure to me. Thanks a lot for your precious clarifications. All the best -- Alessandro DE LAURENZIS [mailto:just22....@gmail.com] LinkedIn: http://it.linkedin.com/in/delaurenzis
