Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:41:54 -0400 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: dan@langille.org Subject: HEADS UP - master/slave ports Message-ID: <40D03202.11738.76559182@localhost>
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If you are maintaining any port which makes use of a master/slave relationship, please help me help you. A slave port is a port which obtains information from another port. Example: www/mod_php4 is a slave port. lang/php4 is the master. http://beta.freshports.org/ now has support for displaying master/slave relationships. This is the first step in automatically updating a slave port when a commit is made to a master port. Until recently, there was no acceptable method for determing master/slave relationship. Consequently, FreshPorts makes no attempt to refresh a slave port when the master port is updated. The following two URLs will demonstrate how FreshPorts can/will display such relationships: http://beta.freshports.org/www/mod_php4/ http://beta.freshports.org/lang/php4/ If you maintain any slave/master ports, please visit them at the FreshPorts beta website (http://beta.freshports.org/) and ensure that the relationships are correctly displayed. Note: FreshPorts beta is not running on the same database as FreshPorts production. That said, beta and production should have all the same commits, ports, etc. Just don't assume your watch lists on beta are up to date. Note: FreshPorts beta is making use of this patch to obtain this master/slave information (tabs will be corrupted in this paste and lines will be wrapped): --- bsd.port.mk 27 May 2004 11:29:06 -0000 1.489 +++ bsd.port.mk 30 May 2004 10:05:28 -0000 @@ -911,6 +911,18 @@ MASTERDIR?= ${.CURDIR} +# Try to determine if we are a slave port. These variables are used by +# FreshPorts and portsmon, but not yet by the ports framework itself. +_MASTERDIR!= ${REALPATH} "${MASTERDIR}" + +.if ${_MASTERDIR} != ${.CURDIR} +IS_SLAVE_PORT?= yes +MASTERPORT!= ${ECHO_CMD} "${_MASTERDIR}" | ${SED} -Ee 's;^.*/([^/]+/[^/]+)/?$$;\1;' +.else +IS_SLAVE_PORT?= no +MASTERPORT= +.endif + # If they exist, include Makefile.inc, then architecture/operating # system specific Makefiles, then local Makefile.local. FreshPorts can then make use of "make -V IS_SLAVE_PORT -V MASTERPORT". Thank you. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - http://www.bsdcan.org/
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