Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 14:52:31 +0100 From: Pawel Wieleba <P.Wieleba@iem.pw.edu.pl> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [port update] print/foomatic-db; how to name the package with the current date Message-ID: <20050309135231.GA42769@volt.iem.pw.edu.pl> In-Reply-To: <200503050805.57744.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> References: <20050304150431.GA58539@volt.iem.pw.edu.pl> <200503050805.57744.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
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On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 08:05:53AM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > On Friday, 4. March 2005 16:04, Pawel Wieleba wrote: > > > Therefore I've got a question. > > As stated on http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html > > devel/foomatic-db is updated daily, therefore I would like to have an > > up-to-date database during port installation (fetching) on my machine, not > > just the date stated in devel/foomatic-db/Makefile. > > I would like to do this automaticaly and I would like that this > > information > > (meaning date) will be added to the created package name > > This isn't a good idea. You don't want a port that dynamically tracks a CVS > branch, since you cannot guarantee that way that it will 1.) build and 2.) > the plist will be correct. Instead, you should choose a fixed date, test with > that very thoroughly (like the present foomatic-db port, which hasn't any > issues I am aware of) and use that. Thanks for your comment. In fact you're write that's why foomatic-db port should be updated more frequently, therefore I've created PR 78397, because now database is over a year old and many printer drivers are not included. I also changed versioning to be the same as used by www.linuxprinting.org. A modified port can be downloaded from: http://www.iem.pw.edu.pl/~wielebap/foomatic-db/foomatic-db.tar.gz Best Pawel Wieleba
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