Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:15:04 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, John Hein <jhein@symmetricom.com> Subject: Re: ident strings in pkg-plist Message-ID: <20101004131504.790553t2r4kpcpwk@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <4CA90A78.5010806@FreeBSD.org> References: <AANLkTi=9ZfAhdkAZ5dhXebM=4dpnnmC83Awg9O6EeED9@mail.gmail.com> <19625.2146.758021.796409@gossamer.timing.com> <4CA90A78.5010806@FreeBSD.org>
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Quoting Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> (from Sun, 03 Oct 2010
15:58:00 -0700):
> Changing the list to have a real discussion about this.
>
> On 10/3/2010 3:49 PM, John Hein wrote:
>> I'll mention that
>> it has come in handy for me in the past. I put it into the category
>> of ident strings in binaries. It has a similar utility.
>>
>> Because I find it useful in maintaining and using a port/package,
>> I've been one that has added it to pkg-plist in the past.
>
> I'm curious about what your use case for the information is. You can
> always know if you have the latest version of the plist via cvs,
> c[v]sup, portsnap, etc. Other than knowing that you have the latest
> version, what utility does the $Id string in the file itself have?
I see a value in this if:
- you use a port with non-default options which change the plist
and
- a change is made to the plist which affects your use case,
but the revision of the port is not changed (because the change
only affects the non-default options and as such do not change
the default package)
Normally you can not detect after a while if the plist in the port is
what is used in /var/db/pkg or not (the dates in /var/db/pkg may
change when portupgrade is used).
If this matters and rectifies a new rule to include an ident string
into the plist or not... personally I wouldn't object if it is added.
Bye,
Alexander.
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