Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:42:05 +0300 From: Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Managing bsdpan Message-ID: <g64kit$q17$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <200807220522.55840.david@vizion2000.net> References: <200807220522.55840.david@vizion2000.net>
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David Southwell wrote: > The following portsupgrade reports for bsdpan lead me to ask a few trivial > questions and suggestions (see below) > 1. why are some packages listed in the format: > - isc/p5-Array-Compare (bsdpan-Array-Compare-1.15) > rather than: > - (bsdpan-libwww-perl-5.813) Ports tree contains the port for the given package and knows its correct name. > Is this indicative of an inconsistency in my system administration or > inconsistencies between package make files? Maybe. > 2. There is another question on similar lines because some packages helpfully > show the hierarchy in the ports tree etc: > devel/*** > rather than simply > *** Why 'devel/'? There's no confidence that thees packages have their corresponding ports. Please note that bsdpan-* is not a port name or part of it. It's the name of installed package. > 3. In regard to bsdpan apropos generates: > # apropos bsdpan > bsdpan: nothing appropriate > # True. Perl packages installed directly from bsdpan or from tarballs automatically do create corresponding package entry in '/var/db/pkg'. How kind of them, really. > 4. A search on freebsd website under bsdpan brings reference to the inclusion > of bsdpan in the ports distribution but not to any documentation on its use. I'm not a perl junkie. Try hitting CPAN instead. > 5. # locate bsdpan brings a list of bsdpan packages in /var/db/pkg but no > other files documentation etc. True. See 3. > 7 If something does exist could it be incorporated into the ports tree e.g > ports/BSDPAN_README for holding general guidelines about using the BSDPAN and > covering such issues as advice about holding packages etc. Not by me, really. Try to invetigate this and write it down then propose it for inclusion. > 9. Would not a current index of BSDPAN ports e.g ports/BSDPAN_INDEX including > a short description also be useful? Reply hazy. Ports ain't really the correct place for this staff. Try hitting CPAN. PS: Personally I don't accept the possibility of installation of unhandled / unmaintained software (e.g. not found in ports) on any hardware supervised by me. Any piece of junk which need to be installed and maintained should have a corresponding person, responsible for it "freshness" and usability. -- Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.
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