Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 13:21:24 -0400 (EDT) From: mi@aldan.ziplink.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: ports/1837: enhancement to ports Message-ID: <199610181721.NAA02081@www2.video-collage.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199610181720.KAA09048@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1837 >Category: ports >Synopsis: ports upgrade too fast :) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Oct 18 10:20:03 PDT 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Misha k& >Organization: Video Collage >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-960612-SNAP i386 >Environment: >Description: Thanks to the ports team and contiubutors, ports get upgraded to the last versions fast (well, there are some exclusions like ImageMagick). This makes many files on /usr/ports/distfiles outdated, causing the neccessity to download the entire package. Language of the Makefile allows for relatively easy check if the previous version exists. And if it does -- only download the diffs (either from the MASTER-SITE or from FreeBSD's collection). The good example would be ghostscript403. I just recently went thru the 40 minuts download of gs401 -- boom, new ports want 403. Yes, one can do this manually, but... >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Apply the diffs manually (if they exist anywhere). >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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