Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 08:10:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/30910: New port: lang/ghc5, rename lang/ghc to lang/ghc4 Message-ID: <200109291510.f8TFA1Q75528@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/30910; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Simon Marlow <simon@smarlow.com> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/30910: New port: lang/ghc5, rename lang/ghc to lang/ghc4 Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 17:34:49 +0300 On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 02:55:56PM +0100, Simon Marlow wrote: > > >Number: 30910 > >Category: ports > >Synopsis: New port: lang/ghc5, rename lang/ghc to lang/ghc4 > >Organization: > >Environment: > System: FreeBSD rachel.home 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #25: Sun Sep 23 15:14:18 BST 2001 simonm@rachel.home:/usr/src/sys/compile/RACHEL i386 > >Description: > > A port template for the latest version of GHC, 5.02, is in the shar > file below. The existing port lang/ghc is for version 4.08.2, and > several users have requested that we keep the old version around for a > while. Hence I've named the new port lang/ghc5, and I'd like to > request that the current lang/ghc be repo-copied and renamed to lang/ghc4. Would it not be better to just repo-copy lang/ghc to lang/ghc4, and then update lang/ghc to version 5? This way, the ghc port itself would be v5, and there would be an old version in lang/ghc4, which would eventually be removed. G'luck, Peter -- If this sentence didn't exist, somebody would have invented it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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