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Date:      Mon, 7 Mar 2011 01:40:11 +0100
From:      Olivier Smedts <olivier@gid0.org>
To:        Grzegorz Blach <magik@roorback.net>
Cc:        bf1783@gmail.com, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD needs fresh Blood!
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2011/3/6 Grzegorz Blach <magik@roorback.net>:
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 23:25, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> On 03/06/2011 10:37, Grzegorz Blach wrote:
>>>
>>> On 03/06/2011 18:35, b. f. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I read last post Martin Wilke's blog called "FreeBSD needs fresh Bloo=
d!"
>>>>>
>>>>> First of all, I think it's difficult to testing ports
>>
>> No argument there, it can be hard work.
>>
>>>>> I'm using testing release of VirtualBox,
>>>>> but for build this port I must download patches,
>>>>> apply its on my own tree and merge its with official ports
>>>>> using portshaker.
>>
>> You could also maintain completely separate trees, or subtrees with CVS.
>>
>>>>> It's possible to build testing ports outside tree,
>>>>> but I must build every port separately, since `Make` don't known how =
to
>>>>> track dependencies.
>>
>> Setting PORTSDIR for your builds may help. Read ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk for
>> more information about that.
>>
>>>> There is always going to be some added work involved in testing. =A0Ha=
ve
>>>> you considered using multiple trees, if you have sufficient disk
>>>> space? Or using a version control system?
>>>
>>>
>>> Multiple trees don't help me a lot, portmaster became fools.
>>
>> Not sure what you mean by that, but portmaster respects PORTSDIR as well=
.
>>
>>> There is address for repository, but I still need merging trees
>>> and rebuild index for portmaster.
>>
>> portmaster does not require the INDEX unless you tell it to. If you have=
 a
>> ports tree to operate against portmaster doesn't need the INDEX at all.
>>
>>
>> hope this helps,
>>
>> Doug
>>
>
> My mistake, sorry. I'll rebuild INDEX after every merges, but not for
> portmaster,
> but for pver.

Could you use "pkg_version -vL =3D" for your purpose ? It's a base
system tool and doesn't need INDEX.

>
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