Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 21:21:48 +0200 (MET DST) From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@bitbox.follo.net> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports/Version Numbers Message-ID: <199705011921.VAA23664@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: "Pedro F. Giffuni"'s message of Wed, 30 Apr 1997 12:21:15 -0700 References: <3.0.32.19970430093850.00fc1c10@dimaga.com> <33679BAB.5FA@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
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> > Eivind Eklund wrote: > > > > Why are we using version numbers as parts of our port-names? This > > allow overwriting part of an existing port (e.g. samba 1.9.14) > > with a new version of the same port, and with no warnings. Are > > there any benefits beyond the fact that the presently installed > > version number is obvious (which we probably could fix anyway)? > > 1) Not all ports report their version. It's good to know the current > version so you can pkg_delete the previous one. It is even better to have 'make install' warn that the previous is there, and drop installing until you have removed it, unless you force it. > 2) The maintainer may want to port a beta and want's to make it > distinguishable from the release. Same goes. This would override existing files without a warning. > The problem you mention and the so called "fix" is not obvious and has > caused problems with Tkl/Tk and other ports before. I don't know what the 'so called "fix"' is - I was thinking about either putting a 'VERSION' file in the pkg directory or having a symlink from the package+version number to the real package directory. What do you mean by "not obvious" and has caused problems? Version number is obvious? I'm fairly certain we can find a way around that. > AIX's pkg_add > replaces existing binaries but leaves a "*.orig" copy of the first > package, JIC you want to go back. If we wanted something like this, I'd rather have /usr/local/oldports clone the relevant parts of the /usr/local tree, letting me wipe them easily. Sounds like a good idea, though - I've had to revert samba a number of times. Eivind.
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