Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:17:29 +0100 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-lists@klop.ws> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I do not quite understand why a BIND upgrade needs to touch soo much. Message-ID: <op.xqyhjfggkndu52@ronaldradial.radialsg.local> In-Reply-To: <548F6AA1.5000407@digiware.nl> References: <548F4F62.4020308@digiware.nl> <CAKFCL4WD7%2BSQthGQdwORwCzEYGTaO3Bjx-6ypwKNRGqNnWx7EQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAKFCL4XL16Mu3jhrMX7gRwnOoXOB63-_DHR2ufwJggzmQbH8bQ@mail.gmail.com> <548F5C6F.7040309@digiware.nl> <CAKFCL4UAzSXKoB%2BJo=a=nv%2BWaejcEXoDh2-yMauZxf_Dd8J4Eg@mail.gmail.com> <548F6AA1.5000407@digiware.nl>
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:11:29 +0100, Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@digiware.nl> wrote: > On 15-12-2014 23:26, Brandon Allbery wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@digiware.nl> > >> Hm; I'd expect it to notice the new gettext and build that as well, >> since >> the new bind might depend on changes in it (it has no way of knowing >> that >> in this case it's safe). OTOH this explains some of the screw cases that >> portuprade used to get me into, which are why I use portmaster these >> days.... > > augh, that is something to check. I've been using portinstall/upgrade > for a serious time. Did have some awkward moments, but always consider > them pilot-error... > >> Still leaves the point that 'pkg upgrade bind99' removes packages >>> without reinstalling those. The only alternatives are: >>> - pkg upgrade, and everything is upgraded >>> - capture the list of deletion, and manually re-add them after >>> the upgrade >>> >> >> This comes of prebuilt packages. In theory, a poudriere setup could be >> managed so that you updated only the bind99 Makefile. If you're relying >> on >> the standard packages, or updating a poudriere ports tree without >> checking >> /usr/ports/UPDATING first, you have no way to limit the update and get a >> bind99 package built against the old gettext; you have little choice >> but to >> upgrade everything. > > This calls for something in /etc/crontab like: > ( diff -N /usr/src/UPDATING ~/tmp/UPDATING || cp /usr/src/UPDATING > ~/tmp/UPDATING ) > What I us to get alerted when /usr/src/UPDATING gets changed. People can put this in their RSS reader for alerts of /usr/ports/UPDATING: http://updating.versia.com/atom/ports Or variations of http://updating.versia.com/atom/stable-10 for /usr/src/UPDATING. Regards, Ronald.
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