Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:29:32 +0200 (CEST) From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> To: Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/lang/gcc42 Makefile Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704091358390.11247@acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420704090448t6eab2ad1w3949e6516563c01@mail.gmail.com> References: <200704091114.l39BE4BY028528@repoman.freebsd.org> <cb5206420704090448t6eab2ad1w3949e6516563c01@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 9 Apr 2007, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: >> Log: >> lang/gfortran is gone; remove CONFLICTS. > Are you sure it's a good idea? We usually keep CONFLICTS around for > months/years after the conflicting port is gone to make life easier > for people who only update once in a long while. I consulted http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/conflicts.html and http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/ports.html#Q12.2.1. and could not find anything on this question (either way, to be fair). In this specific case (lang/gfortran vs lang/gcc42) I am pretty sure that users won't run into this. Among others, lang/gfortran has not been a dependency for quite a while (months, except for one fringe port which broke that dependency more than six weeks ago); MOVED has a redirect from lang/gfortran to lang/gcc42; and adding lang/gcc42 on top of lang/gfortran does not gain anything because these two have been pure aliases for quite some months. (If you feel strongly about this, I have no objections to re-add the CONFLICTS line again.) Adding a general recommendation along the lines of your comment to our Committer's Guide sounds like a good idea, though. It'll help me remember this next time around. ;-) Proposed patch below. Is this portmgr material or can one of those doc committers around take care of that? Gerald @FreeBSD.org --- article.sgml.orig 2007-04-09 14:23:55.168970750 +0200 +++ article.sgml 2007-04-09 14:27:38.126904750 +0200 @@ -2473,6 +2473,11 @@ docs:Documentation Bug:freebsd-doc:</pro </listitem> </itemizedlist> + <para>When removing one of several conflicting ports, it is + advisable to retain the <makevar>CONFLICT</makevar> entries + in those other ports for a few months to cater for users who + only update once in a while.</para> + <para>Alternatively, you can use the <command>rmport</command> script, from <filename role="directory">ports/Tools/scripts</filename>. This script has been written by &a.vd;, who is also its current
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