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Date:      Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:01:03 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        glarkin@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: portmaster, renamed ports, and DEPRECATED
Message-ID:  <4BCC9A5F.10705@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4BCC8A40.30501@FreeBSD.org>
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On 4/19/2010 9:52 AM, Greg Larkin wrote:
> Hi Doug,
> 
> I just tried to upgrade from math/libgmp4 to math/gmp after refreshing
> my ports tree.  math/gmp has superseded math/libgmp4, so I used
> portmaster's -o option to upgrade from a new origin, e.g.:
> 
>     portmaster -o math/gmp math/libgmp4
> 
> I've done this in the past with no problem, but this time, the old port
> had already been marked DEPRECATED, and portmaster refused to continue
> the upgrade. I commented out the DEPRECATED variable in
> math/libgmp4/Makefile, and reran portmaster with no trouble.
> 
> Would it be possible to detect when -o is being used for an upgrade and
> ignore DEPRECATED on the previous port?

I'll take a look at that, thanks for letting me know.


Doug

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