So, after a quick chat with Marc Espie trying to understand why a
particular package would not run @exec-add, I would like to warn you
guys when you use such a marker in your ports.
In my case, @exec-add was not run because I had some .libs-foo still
installed on the system which where @conflicting with the package I was
installing; as a consequence, my exec-add was turned into an exec-update
(although my new package does _not_ have any @pkgpath set to the old one).

So be very careful when using @exec-add instead of @exec.
For example, when freeradius was updated to 2.1.8, some @exec-add lines
where added; these will never be run if you already had a prior
installation on your system. I am not saying it's wrong, it is a
perfectly normal and documented behavior, but since I spent some time
trying to figure this out and considering I _always_ forget about
.libs-*, I though it was worth a reminder...

Thanks.

-- 
Antoine

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