Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:57:41 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@sigpipe.cz> To: Volker Stolz <vs@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: An idea about forbidden ports Message-ID: <20051026095741.GB45036@isis.sigpipe.cz> In-Reply-To: <djnff3$4vc$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <20051025002406.M911@odysseus.silby.com> <20051025171824.GC33303@xor.obsecurity.org> <djnff3$4vc$1@sea.gmane.org>
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# vs@FreeBSD.org / 2005-10-26 08:41:08 +0000:
> * Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>:
> > That's not a bad idea. Can someone come up with an implementation?
>
> I thought a bit about generating an empty package with a 'pkg-req'-script
> displaying the message...That wouldn't require any updates in the
> pkg-tools-chain.
Except it'll break portinstall -P. ftp ls will be no good anymore.
There's probably more.
Instead of breaking user expectations, make pkg_add -r print
"If you're sure you've got the package name right then this means
that the package is not available for your platform/os version
combination. Bla bla bla."
and be done with it.
--
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You don't know, man. You don't KNOW.
Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991
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