Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:24:54 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: lev@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Early CONFLICTS detection is POLA viloation? Message-ID: <AANLkTinn9fDsYDegRLbaG1JvTXs_2s50J1BqufFPiE2L@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <381214039.20100627220400@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <381214039.20100627220400@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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2010/6/27 Lev Serebryakov <lev@freebsd.org>:
> Hello, Freebsd-ports.
>
> =A0I =A0understand, =A0that =A0this =A0change (ports/137855, bsd.port.mk:=
1.632) =A0was =A0made 6 months ago, but I've
> =A0noticed it only now (twice in one day!).
>
> =A0Am =A0I =A0only =A0person, =A0who =A0thinks, =A0that =A0this =A0change=
=A0is HUGE POLA
> =A0violation?
>
> =A0PR =A0says about "big tarball is downloaded and CONFLICTS are detected
> =A0after =A0that," =A0but I've have two more realistic scenarios, when ea=
rly
> =A0conflict =A0detection =A0is =A0VERY annoying. Thry are real-life scena=
rios,
> =A0occured today for me in a row.
>
> =A0(1) =A0I =A0have =A0`subversion' =A0port =A0installed, and want to `ma=
kesum' in
> =A0updated subversion-freebsd port directory (because I'm maintainer and
> =A0need =A0to update port with new version, which have new tarball). OOPS=
.
> =A0I cannot even download new tarball -- confilct is detected.
>
> =A0(2) I want upgrade perl from 5.8.x to 5.10.x. Type command:
>
> =A0#portupgrade -rfo lang/petl5.10 perl-5.8.9_3
>
> =A0 Ooops, confilct is detected, upgraid failed. GRRRR!
>
>
> =A0 Maybe, early conflict detection should only print WARNING, and only
> =A0install =A0target =A0should =A0be blocked by it, as everybody used for=
MANY
> =A0years?
I'm in a similar boat as you when I was trying to eval some of the
linux base / dist ports recently.
I would think that the CONFLICTS detection should only be a
warning in the first run-through, and become a hard error when you try
and run make install.
Thanks,
-Garrett
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