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Date:      Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:23:31 +0100
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add Makefile add.h extract.c futil.c main.c perform.c pkg_add.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create Makefile create.h main.c perform.c pkg_create.1 pl.c src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete Makefile delete.h main.c perform.c ...
Message-ID:  <20040811182331.GW87690@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <A8B65A06-EBB5-11D8-887A-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com>
References:  <20040811162405.GV87690@submonkey.net> <A8B65A06-EBB5-11D8-887A-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com>

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On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 06:44:05PM +0200, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> Ceri Davies wrote:
>=20
> >On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 04:16:24PM +0000, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> >>eik         2004-08-11 16:16:24 UTC
> >>
> >>
> >>  - replace the perl version of pkg_version(1) by its C equivalent,
> >>    which means that `pkg_version -c' does no longer work
> >
> >I don't think that this should have gone into RELENG_4, in this case.
>=20
> Maybe. I don't know whether I should have asked re@ first, the MFC was=20
> announced in the commit log and `pkg_version -c' is stupid anyway, so I=
=20
> doubt anyone uses it. When you insist I can provide a shell script=20
> providing the same functionality or add it to the C version.

I agree that it's stupid; I'm just not sure that removing an option is a
good thing at this stage in RELENG_4's life.

> The problem with the package tools is that they are strongly tied with=20
> the ports tree, which is the same on -CURRENT and -STABLE, and the new=20
> features are really worth the MFC. And the C version is much faster than=
=20
> the perl one.
>=20
> Anyway, how do you think we should proceed from here?

I'd imagine it's a call for re@ - personally I have no attachment to
`pkg_version -c', but wanted to note that this is possibly a bad thing.

Cheers,

Ceri
--=20
It is not tinfoil, it is my new skin.  I am a robot.

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