From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 13 10:09:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33D8E16A4CE for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:09:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mgr2.xmission.com (mgr2.xmission.com [198.60.22.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09E0D43D55 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:09:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from [198.60.22.206] (helo=mgr6.xmission.com) by mgr2.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1BDRPq-00035U-02; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:09:42 -0600 Received: from [166.70.56.15] (helo=misty.eyesbeyond.com) by mgr6.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BDRPq-0001Eo-RD; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:09:42 -0600 Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (localhost.eyesbeyond.com [127.0.0.1]) i3DH9f5G029144; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:09:41 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i3DH9erh029143; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:09:40 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:09:40 -0600 From: Greg Lewis Message-ID: <20040413170940.GA29054@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <407B6B43.2050507@pacific.net.sg> <20040413042929.GA24603@xor.obsecurity.org> <407B780F.5030102@pacific.net.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on mgr6.xmission.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: glewis@eyesbeyond.com X-SA-Exim-Version: 3.1 (built Mon Jan 26 13:00:24 MST 2004) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes cc: Erich Dollansky cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: discussion of other ports-related projects X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 17:09:44 -0000 On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 12:28:52PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 1:18 PM +0800 4/13/04, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >Kris Kennaway wrote: > >>On Tue, Apr 13, 2004, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >>>It would be real helpfull to users if the package or port > >>>system would be able to automatically overcome this problem > >>>with installing the needed version in a way that the > >>>installed versions stays intact. > >> > >>Take a look at the portupgrade port, I think that's what > >>you're trying to describe. > > > >If I understood portupgrade right, ... > > Please note that this thread is not about portupgrade, or > successors to portupgrade. > > The points you make are interesting, but please make them in a > separate thread. Since you've changed the subject I hope this qualifys as a separate thread :). As others have noted, DragonFly is attempting to tackle this. Surprisingly noone has mentioned that NetBSD introduced this feature in January. Its called "package views". See http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/~checkout~/pkgsrc/mk/buildlink3/README?rev=1.4&content-type=text/plain It allows multiple versions of the same port to be installed, which seems to be what you want. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org