Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2018 03:28:58 -0700 From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: firefox-63.0.1,1 multiple errors build Message-ID: <20181101102858.GQ1242@albert.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <34bc8745-8e5b-7600-124c-9e09dac06789@freebsd.org> References: <dcd812a4-4523-f93f-c05b-bb56d2bdbda3@gmail.com> <44d54f38-9ee4-2f32-cb74-0df2e0da20a6@missouri.edu> <89244b15-0707-ee21-ef03-a197282e0491@yuripv.net> <66ca8a73-8ab5-dcb9-7e72-776d39167401@yuripv.net> <8a39ffbe-5d9e-15ff-bee3-51ce850ad679@missouri.edu> <CAJuc1zMJop7aX4-aEQH%2B1-X0Y4EJeTOEn_5K=xv4j5M0RK7J5Q@mail.gmail.com> <34bc8745-8e5b-7600-124c-9e09dac06789@freebsd.org>
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--mMyVTQ5U+OOl3Omn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [Recipient list trimmed -- dhw] On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 08:54:16AM +0100, Stefan Esser wrote: > ... > > For reliable port builds, you need use port builders that use clean > > environments; ie poudriere or synth >=20 > True, but we used to make ports build with a previous version installed, > whenever possible. Quite so. > The problems are generally caused by the build process > picking up include files or libraries from LOCALBASE instead of from the > port's source directory. Seems likely. > I'd expect a port maintainer to check for easy fixes to such build proble= ms. :-} > Maybe we should add a port variable that is true if a port conflicts with > earlier versions of itself. That would indicate to port build tools like > portmaster or portupgrade that the old version should be deleted before > starting the build of the new version (and to re-install the old version > if the build of the new one fails). I would welcome such a thing: it's annoying to need to manually "pkg delete lang/rust" every time rust needs an update. > E.g.: >=20 > CONFLICTS_WITH_ITSELF=3D yes >=20 > I'd be willing to integrate support for such a functionality into portmas= ter, > if it was accepted in the ports framework. And I would be quite happy to use it. > Regards, STefan >=20 > PS: And yes, there are good reasons to keep support for tools that are > lighter-weight than poudriere and more portable than synth in the > ports system. > ... :-) Peace, david --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Support the US Constitution: restrain Donald Trump. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --mMyVTQ5U+OOl3Omn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQGSBAEBCgB9FiEEzLfO+ReoAfQwZNd7FTnMQKBJ7hcFAlva1WpfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEND QjdDRUY5MTdBODAxRjQzMDY0RDc3QjE1MzlDQzQwQTA0OUVFMTcACgkQFTnMQKBJ 7hdlNwf48CDmDGT4wG/VVpxO+ELp9QevIGqH/7I1kJz9pQcFlc4GD+rMjqnw4M4F LeLF0NgxcRwM7VqxHv5mgUotiQV3SKigvL4fKjqGGKYUGveyzYKTnPv9JbYHVD2G 6/zhCbxcFmCNgP/7I7TgRl7Hqk+nwBw6o3Dra3cjF/v/ck3aE3EsH2+v18vvEB+3 swyJ4SnAdbquvG16HIcp3tG/hGgJ3FDOSuyZgleqQDkGC1QZ1mSJMaGFJUDa6eUR ascAZ9x7g8JYfVf4aqUjka4VCeS2SpKa4A8Mt1tb+P/yE0sn2NTiHG2PJ6ZMgWMG OQXaewbskM3Yd4LfBtSXssIxzePN =8bA5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mMyVTQ5U+OOl3Omn--
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