Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:25:24 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com> To: vmagerya@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Automatically generate symlinks for virtual categories. Message-ID: <4A2946F4.2010501@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <accd96830906050556m660e63cw3c14edfb7f526796@mail.gmail.com> References: <4A28590D.101@gmail.com> <accd96830906050419k7ef2469tb1bb22aad4956fe0@mail.gmail.com> <accd96830906050556m660e63cw3c14edfb7f526796@mail.gmail.com>
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Vitaly Magerya wrote: > And here [1] is a new version that does the same thing, > but uses INDEX file instead of traversing the ports tree. > It's quite faster this way (assuming your INDEX is up to date, > maybe it's better to allow both algorithms?). I'll added your script to mine as a option. > > Disclaimer: I did not test it properly. > > The thing that looks strange to me is that the original script > appends main category to the name of port when symlinking. > I copied that behavior for safety, but are there really > naming conflicts in the ports tree? Yes. A lot of programs have category/name and language/name for localized versions. > > [1] http://tx97.net/pub/files/auto-symlink-virtual.sh > Current version: http://isis.poly.edu/~eitan/files/auto-symlink-virtual-2.sh I'll be making a port of this soon ;) -- Eitan Adler "Security is increased by designing for the way humans actually behave." -Jakob Nielsen
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