Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:21:13 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: "Zane C.B." <v.velox@vvelox.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: processing the MOVE file Message-ID: <4BBB6D89.4080404@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <20100406114502.78c1e3da@vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net> References: <20100406100850.3942b9a9@vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net> <4BBB61EA.2000304@bsdforen.de> <20100406114502.78c1e3da@vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net>
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On 06/04/2010 18:45, Zane C.B. wrote: > On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:31:38 +0200 > Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> wrote: > >> On 06/04/2010 17:08, Zane C. B. wrote: >>> When it comes to processing the MOVE file, how does one check if >>> the a move is relevant to the currently installed package? >> >> If the origin of your package is no longer available, I'd use >> the last matching MOVED entry. > > The problem with this method is I've seen it fail before on gstreamer > and a few others. If you knew the date of the ports tree the package was built from, you could pick the first match after said date. This is what I'd like to do for the coming version of pkg_upgrade. There's no way to get this information, though. So I'll use the latest entry approach as this is the one I expect to fail least often (is that proper English?). -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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