Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 11:00:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/27707: Bogus make errors while executing pkg_version -v Message-ID: <200105281800.f4SI04e36832@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/27707; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
To: Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, bmah@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ports/27707: Bogus make errors while executing pkg_version -v
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 20:55:05 +0300
On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 07:40:26PM +0200, Anton Berezin wrote:
> On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 08:25:15PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
>
> > Most of these cases involve ports which were removed altogether or
> > repo-copied into another category.
> >
> > I personally think that both these cases merit the user's attention -
> > in the case of a removed port, the CVS log messages would show
> > a possible reason - obsoleted by this-and-this, or removed for lack
> > of attention and a bad security track, or something similar;
> > in the case of a repo-copied port, it is highly in the admin's interest
> > to either just change the origin line in /var/db/pkg/name/+CONTENTS,
> > or rebuild the port, to make sure that subsequent pkg_version runs
> > report correct version information.
>
> I agree, but how's that different from the current `unknown in index'
> report for such packages?
It is different for:
1. repo-copied packages with the same version, which are *still*
in the index with the same name, and
2. packages deleted since the last index rebuild (which can take
a while - after all, people do have things to do other than
rebuild port indices every now and then :)
Both of these will be 'fixed' as soon as the index is rebuilt, but
still, I think a fast notification that something is wrong would
be preferable.
G'luck,
Peter
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